We never understand how little we need in this world until we know the loss of it

We never understand how little we need in this world until we know the loss of it

At the end of about a week, I called back and said, "I need something to compare this to. Could read more

At the end of about a week, I called back and said, "I need something to compare this to. Could I please have a microsecond?"

Remember the quiet wonders. The world has more need of them than it has for warriors.

Remember the quiet wonders. The world has more need of them than it has for warriors.

The individual's most vital need is to prove his worth, and this usually means an insatiable hunger for action. For read more

The individual's most vital need is to prove his worth, and this usually means an insatiable hunger for action. For it is only the few who can acquire a sense of worth by developing and employing their capacities and talents. The majority prove their worth by keeping busy.

From each according to his faculties; to each according to his needs.

From each according to his faculties; to each according to his needs.

Humanity needs practical men, who get the most out of their work, and, without forgetting the general good, safeguard their read more

Humanity needs practical men, who get the most out of their work, and, without forgetting the general good, safeguard their own interests. But humanity also needs dreamers, for whom the disinterested development of an enterprise is so captivating that it becomes impossible for them to devote their care to their own material profit.

All you need in the world is love and laughter. That's all anybody needs. To have love in one hand read more

All you need in the world is love and laughter. That's all anybody needs. To have love in one hand and laughter in the other.

We need others. We need others to love and we need to be loved by them. There is no doubt read more

We need others. We need others to love and we need to be loved by them. There is no doubt that without it, we too, like the infant left alone, would cease to grow, cease to develop, choose madness and even death.

I'm not comfortable being preachy, but more people need to start spending as much time in the library as they read more

I'm not comfortable being preachy, but more people need to start spending as much time in the library as they do on the basketball court.