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Keep high aspirations, moderate expectations, and small needs
Keep high aspirations, moderate expectations, and small needs
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
It is not light that we need, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We need the read more
It is not light that we need, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We need the storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake.
A man travels the world over in search of what he needs, and returns home to find it.
A man travels the world over in search of what he needs, and returns home to find it.
Government, obviously, cannot fill a child's emotional needs. Nor can it fill his spiritual and moral needs. Government is not read more
Government, obviously, cannot fill a child's emotional needs. Nor can it fill his spiritual and moral needs. Government is not a father or mother. Government has never raised a child, and it never will.
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 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.
People need something or someone to fasten themselves to in order to reassure themselves that they are real.
People need something or someone to fasten themselves to in order to reassure themselves that they are real.
As a matter of self-preservation, a man needs good friends or ardent enemies, for the former instruct him and the read more
As a matter of self-preservation, a man needs good friends or ardent enemies, for the former instruct him and the latter take him to task.
