Some people think that life is precious because it is short. They compare it to gold, which exists only in small quantities. According to them, if gold was found everywhere, it would lose its value. Nevertheless, that would not detract from its beauty. The same is true of life.

To live forever is, one might say, to breathe in abundance. For the sailors of a submersible in trouble, nothing is more precious than the air. But according to you, once saved, would they have the ingratitude to complain about being able to breathe again at full lungs? Certainly not !

We too, like these sailors, can be saved, but with the even better prospect of living forever.