given the quality, the optimum quantity is always “more”.
Some have such poor quality of life that they believe the optimal quantity to be “less.”
On the other hand, people who always hope for “more” are eventually disappointed to discover their mortality.
Nothing is gained by craving annihilation; nothing is gained by craving existence. Quality of life is improved by giving up worries that the lifespan could measure up too long or too short.
On the other hand, people who always hope for “more” are eventually disappointed to discover their mortality.
I have preferences and intentions, rather than hope and craving. Preferences for more, and intentions to do what I can, little though that may be, to keep the machine I live in working as well as possible for as long as possible.
Some have such poor quality of life that they believe the optimal quantity to be “less.”
On the other hand, people who always hope for “more” are eventually disappointed to discover their mortality.
Nothing is gained by craving annihilation; nothing is gained by craving existence. Quality of life is improved by giving up worries that the lifespan could measure up too long or too short.
I have preferences and intentions, rather than hope and craving. Preferences for more, and intentions to do what I can, little though that may be, to keep the machine I live in working as well as possible for as long as possible.