Lessen Suffering

Why we start businesses is similar to why we write songs if the reason is to lessen suffering. Reducing suffering is as close to a philosophy of everything that I have found.

If suffering is material and financial, we can do stop it, but if we have everything and still lament, we must rethink or face it.

Each attempt to lessen suffering must result in less suffering. It would be wrong to lessen suffering by creating more elsewhere, and there’ll always be some suffering to wrestle with.

The goal is to interact freely: a healthy civilization creates conditions where people may speak, think, travel, and trade freely.

The hope of a better life motivates people.

Some people are wealthier and more generous than me, and some are poorer and more generous than me. Many with more enjoy helping others, and many with less enjoy helping others.

We live in a world with jazz in it, and I feel alive with records.

There’s more ways to be rich than we can imagine.