Is More really Better?

quality is precious and i always go by it.quality is everlasting happiness where as quantity is like the dew drops,..one moment it is there looking brilliant and the next moment it is gone..... to me quantity can never bring better quality in life ,it can give us only momentary comforts.

This is the way I have always been and I'll never change now at my age I'm sure. I don't care how much or how little I have as long as it's working and I have my family. I have never had new furniture except for nmy lift chair, but I'm happier with my old junk because it's paid for and I have no fear of loosing it.

More is certainly not always better. And I swear if they put one MORE fast food restaurant close to me, I will be done for. It seems too, that the more you have, the more you have to worry about losing. If your home is empty, you do not care much about people running in and out and leaving the door open. But then, when you have a lot, that same person can become a crank, just because they are now so worried about what they may lose.

The good thing about having more is that you are able to give to others ,and giving feels a lot better than receiving. Is wonderful to live debt free and is terrific to be able to travel in First Class instead of economy. In others words, there is nothing wrong with money ,but the love of money that creates so much unhappiness and when we become too greedy.

That´s a difficult choice because we have to consider that money does help to have better quality of life. You can eat better, work better, live better. This is my own experience because I had my full of money time and my out of money time. And it has no comparison. To wake up in the morning get a full bus to the job, work like crazy and get a little salary from being able to take care only of my studies, sleep better and have more time for fun and rest. I think that a balance between quality and quantity must be the way to happyness.

I firmly believe that the more stuff you own, the more stuff owns you! More things=more maintenance.

For me, more is better! I have $2.18 in my pocket but I would like to have MORE!

I figure with less there's less I have to clean & repair...Who needs all that junk?

i my self would rather have less but it be of a better quality, and paid for than to be up to my eyeballs as I heard a man say. Yes it seems anymore nothing is enough for some they have to have it all. Then when the crash comes they find out that they are going back to being a little person like the rest of us. Must be a horrible fall to not live in that mansion any more. More is better if it is health care or something that beniftis the family not something that shows how much of a big shot in town you are. Most of these people are living way beyond their means, and go to bed every night praying for a miracle to dig them out, sorry I will take what I got that is paid for and know that no one is going to knock on my door tomorrow and take it from me.

Hi Pose123! I do wish for a quality kind of life of course. My family and I are very close. However, we don't have "quantity" or "more". I guess, we need balance. Quality we have but we just get by and when I mean we just get by, I have to really cut down on so many things that are essential just to support my father who lives several miles from me. I am not asking for more if I have more. I am only asking for good opportunities wherein I can support my father who is old and sick. I don't want to go into details. I just want to have a balance in quality and quantiy. Take care and have a nice day! lovelots..faith210

Undoubtedly Pose dear its quality of life that matters to me and never quantity........I feel each person should draw a line when it comes to achieving material things that will keep him or her happy,and learn to find happiness/or be contended with what he has..... Its true every person has need for some material things to keep him happy and contended,and he is always striving to achieve these things.But he must learn to be happy with what ever he gets and if a person gets blinded with unending craving for material things then it will ultimately lead to his dowm fall.......and he will end ups a loser in life....

It is according to the context. To the poor guys, they need more money, food, space for their family. They have no choice. To the rich, quality is more important than quantity. For me, I do not think I have the ability to control the quality of my life, I choose quantity.

As someone once said, "the paradox of our time in history is that we have taller buildings but shorter tempers, wider Freeways, but narrower viewpoints. We spend more, but have less, we buy more, but enjoy less. We have bigger houses and smaller families, more conveniences, but less time. We have more degrees but less sense, more knowledge, but less judgment, more experts, yet more problems, more medicine, but less wellness. We drink too much, smoke too much, spend too recklessly, laugh too little, drive too fast, get too angry, stay up too late, get up too tired, read too little, watch TV too much, and pray too seldom". Probably when we analyse this quantity vs. quality process we should think that the fact that "life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away".

just lead a simple life on earth the more and more will not help U in life it is the master of all problems in life.

I will choose quality over quantity any day of the week. It is not "more" that I am interested in, when that "more" is of very poor quality. Why would i want an anundant amount of something that is of no use to me, when I can have a lesser amount of that which is special and important to me?

I prefer simple life. If I Had the opportunity to live my own life the way I wanted, I would like to live in a no man;s land, in a farm or even a field with only one room, surrounded with animals. If I had to give up teaching I would like to be a farmer. I would like to be closer to nature. (c) ronaldinu 2009 - the more people I meet-the more I love my dog

Hello Pose. It is hard to say whether it is better to have something more or whatsoever. I think that it all depends on how you deal with it when you have already got more. If it is used properly, it is better and vice versa.

More is sometimes more trouble, more aggrevation, more expense, and more of a pain in the behind than anything.. I would opt for quality instead of quantity.. I would love to have a perfectly restored older house instead of a mansion.. There is a local businessman who lives in our neighborhood and his house is so huge, that he wouldn't be able to find someone if they even broke in on him.. His house is just too big.. Half of it is always dark, so he can't use all of it all of the time, it just seems too much for me, and I darned sure wouldn't want to have to clean it.. I go for the quality not the quantity..

I remember learning in economics "the law of diminishing value" which means that anything we have too much will loose its value. I totally agree with you, in real life, less is more. Less work: means more fun. less gadgets means more time with family & friends. less money(but adequate money) means that you do not feel insecure about loosing it. Less you eat, the healthier you are. Only in case the rule does not apply - more myLot friends the merrier.