6,169 Quotes About Needs

There are times when a man's greatest need is to have someone to love, some focal point for his diffused emotions. Also there are times when the irritations, disappointments, and fears of life, restless as spermatozoids, must be released in hate.

Down the road of hate, at every busted corner lurks the need for love.

But, Jocelyn, if I really were all those things [good, kind, talented, hard working, open to change, and adorable]... ...I would die.'I wasn't sure what I meant by this, but it suddenly struck me as the truth.'Because you'd rather die than feel anger at your mother for not giving you what you needed?

A little more compassion and a little less anger is what most of us need.

Anger is a result of life-alienating thinking that is disconnected from needs. It indicates that we have moved up to our head to analyze and judge somebody rather than focus on what we are needing and not getting.

Man is the measure of all things', said the Sophist Protagora (c. 485-410 B.C.). By that he meant that the question of whether a thing is right or wrong, good or bad, must always be considered in relation to a person's needs.

We tend to think that it’s up to others to respect our needs and fill them for us. But that doesn’t ever work, and for the following reason:If you have a hard time knowing what it is you really need, then how on earth can you logically expect someone else to know?

BEES USE VERY LITTLE OF WHAT THEY PRODUCE AND LOOK WHAT HAPPENS TO THEM! DO YOU PRODUCE MORE THAN YOU NEED?

Smile needs no ornaments.