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.
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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.
One of the oldest human needs is having someone to wonder where you are, when you don't come home at read more
One of the oldest human needs is having someone to wonder where you are, when you don't come home at night.
We need society, and we need solitude also, as we need summer and winter, day and night, exercise and rest.
We need society, and we need solitude also, as we need summer and winter, day and night, exercise and rest.
What the world needs is not dogma but an attitude of scientific inquiry combined with a belief that the torture read more
What the world needs is not dogma but an attitude of scientific inquiry combined with a belief that the torture of millions is not desirable, whether inflicted by Stalin or by a Deity imagined in the likeness of the believer
Serendipity. Look for something, find something else, and realize that what you've found is more suited to your needs than read more
Serendipity. Look for something, find something else, and realize that what you've found is more suited to your needs than what you thought you were looking for.
A name is a label, and as soon as there is a label, the ideas disappear and out comes label-worship read more
A name is a label, and as soon as there is a label, the ideas disappear and out comes label-worship and label-bashing, and instead of living by a theme of ideas, people begin dying for labels... and the last thing the world needs is another religion.
Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in where nature may heal and cheer read more
Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in where nature may heal and cheer and give strength to the body and soul.
Every man needs slaves like he needs clean air. To rule is to breathe, is it not? And even the read more
Every man needs slaves like he needs clean air. To rule is to breathe, is it not? And even the most disenfranchised get to breathe. The lowest on the social scale have their spouses or their children.
The essential support and encouragement comes from within, arising out of the mad notion that your society needs to know read more
The essential support and encouragement comes from within, arising out of the mad notion that your society needs to know what only you can tell it.
