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.

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.

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.

It is better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it.

It is better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it.

The essential support and encouragement comes from within, arising out of the mad notion that your society needs to know read more

The essential support and encouragement comes from within, arising out of the mad notion that your society needs to know what only you can tell it.

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.

Make yourself necessary to somebody.

Make yourself necessary to somebody.

One of the oldest human needs is having someone to wonder where you are, when you don't come home at read more

One of the oldest human needs is having someone to wonder where you are, when you don't come home at night.

A supreme love, a motive that gives a sublime rhythm to a woman's life, and exalts habit into partnership with read more

A supreme love, a motive that gives a sublime rhythm to a woman's life, and exalts habit into partnership with the soul's highest needs, is not to be had where and how she wills.