6,169 Quotes About Needs

Need from destiny change with time.

A person's needs are met, and his appetite subsides. A person's wants are met, and his thirst swells greedily without end.

There is a story told of one old wise man, whose name was Mencius. He was a follower of Confucius and he died when he was very, very old. Somebody asked him: If you were given life again, how will you start it? Said Mencius: I will pay more attention to my needs and less attention to my desires. And this realisation will come to you also. But it always comes very late and then life is no more in your hands. If you were given life again....

I too often allow people to become a sterile commodity to be bartered in the service of my greed, and in doing something so absurdly reckless I foolishly barter away everything that meets my need.

...I need you to be a listener - you need me to hang word on. We're friends because neither has discovered a limit where the other ends...

Generally, people need less than a quarter of what they want.

Never leave a situation unless you know what you needed and what you were never going to get.

If I *do* get what I want, should I still try some time to get what I need?

Even if you love a lady, don't say you will take care of her while someone else is catering for your needs.