Have you ever felt like too much is not enough? When is enough, enough? Different people of different ages, races, cultures, and statuses have different strategies for managing their desires. Just like the old saying goes: “To each his own.” » Quite often, whenever you set a standard and that standard has been met, you always aim for a better one to surpass the previous one in some way. In some cases this is healthy, but when you start obsessing about it, you will find yourself caught in your own bait. I know we are human and we are not perfect, that is why we strive for more, we want more and will never be satisfied with what we have, especially when we are in the middle of a competition . The philosophy of Epicurus (341-270 BCE) was a comprehensive and interrelated system, involving a view of the purpose of human life (happiness, resulting from freedom from physical pain and mental disturbance), an empiricist theory of knowledge (sensations, including the perception of pleasure and pain, are infallible). criteria), a description of nature based on atomistic materialism and a naturalist account of evolution, from the formation of the world to the emergence of human societies. Epicurus believed that, on the basis of a radical materialism that renounced transcendent entities such as Ideas or Platonic Forms, he could refute the possibility of survival of the soul after death, and therefore the prospect of punishment in the beyond. He saw the hidden fear of death and punishment as the primary cause of anxiety in human beings, and anxiety, in turn, as the source of extreme and irrational desires. Eliminating fears and corresponding desires would leave people free to pursue pleasures, both physical and masculine...... middle of paper...... thing in the world and we cannot take anything away from the world . But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with that. » “Be grateful for what you have; you will end up having more. If you focus on what you have, you will never have enough. – Oprah Winfrey “Be content with what you have; be happy with how things are going. When you realize that nothing is missing, the whole world is yours. - Lao Tzu “He who is not satisfied with what he has will not be satisfied with what he would like to have.” - Socrates "You say: 'If I had a little more, I would be very satisfied.' You are making a mistake. If you're not happy with what you have, you wouldn't be happy if it was doubled. " - Charles H. Spurgeon "I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires rather than by trying to satisfy them. -John Stuart Mill