Keep high aspirations, moderate expectations and small needs.

Keep high aspirations, moderate expectations and small needs.

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

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.

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.

A person needs a little madness, or else they never dare cut the rope and be free.

A person needs a little madness, or else they never dare cut the rope and be free.

We all need the waters of the Mercy River. Though they don't run deep, there's usually enough, just enough, for read more

We all need the waters of the Mercy River. Though they don't run deep, there's usually enough, just enough, for the extravagance of our lives.

There is something about jumping a horse over a fence, something that makes you feel good. Perhaps it's the risk, read more

There is something about jumping a horse over a fence, something that makes you feel good. Perhaps it's the risk, the gamble. In any event it's a thing I need.

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.

I never want to get to the point where it's all about my needs, and the hell with anybody else.

I never want to get to the point where it's all about my needs, and the hell with anybody else.