Whoever serves his country well has no need of ancestors.

There is no need to worry about mere size. We do not necessarily respect a fat man more than a thin man. Sir Isaac Newton was very much smaller than a hippopotamus, but we do not on that account value him less.

The best of all leaders is the one who helps people so that eventually they dont need him.

Sometimes we don't need words. Rather, it's words that need us.

One company can serve some of your needs all of the time, or all of your needs some of the time, but never both.

Loving her, and being loved, was the only way I could hold myself together.

Life must have its sacred moments and its holy places. We need the infinite, the limitless, the uttermost -- all that can give the heart a deep and strengthening peace.

It's easy to forget things you don't need anymore.

I need to learn not just to forget but to forgive.

Had no need of a guide to learn ignorance.

All I need is a sheet of paperand something to write with, and then I can turn the world upside down.

Accept whatever comes to you woven in the pattern of your destiny, for what could more aptly fit your needs?

A reasonable man needs only to practice moderation to find happiness.