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

What we need is to use what we have.

What we need is to use what we have.

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.

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

I was born with an enormous need for affection, and a terrible need to give it.

I was born with an enormous need for affection, and a terrible need to give it.

We need others. We need others to love and we need to be loved by them. There is no doubt read more

We need others. We need others to love and we need to be loved by them. There is no doubt that without it, we too, like the infant left alone, would cease to grow, cease to develop, choose madness and even death.

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.

At the end of about a week, I called back and said, "I need something to compare this to. Could read more

At the end of about a week, I called back and said, "I need something to compare this to. Could I please have a microsecond?"

Of all the needs (there are none imaginary) a lonely child has, the one that must be satisfied, if there read more

Of all the needs (there are none imaginary) a lonely child has, the one that must be satisfied, if there is going to be hope and a hope of wholeness, is the unshaken need for an unshakable God.