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1. “From a Christian perspective, Jesus not only knew what these people needed, he could instantly heal them. But he didn’t. Instead, he asked them to declare what they wanted. It seems their apparent need was not their greatest need. More than healing, they needed clarity.”
Michael Hyatt
Clarity, Needs, Empathy, Healing, Leadership
4. “That human life must be some kind of mistake is sufficiently proved by the simple observation that man is a compound of needs which are hard to satisfy; that their satisfaction achieves nothing but a painless condition in which he is only given over to boredom; and that boredom is a direct proof that existence is in itself valueless, for boredom is nothing other than the sensation of the emptiness of existence.” Arthur Schopenhauer Existence, Needs, Boredom, Human Condition, Philosophical Inquiry
5. “Human life must be some kind of mistake. The truth of this will be sufficiently obvious if we only remember that man is a compound of needs and necessities hard to satisfy; and that even when they are satisfied, all he obtains is a state of painlessness, where nothing remains to him but abandonment to boredom.” Arthur Schopenhauer Human Life, Mistake, Needs, Boredom, Existential Thought
8. “The needs of a human being are sacred. Their satisfaction cannot be subordinated either to reasons of state, or to any consideration of money, nationality, race, or color, or to the moral or other value attributed to the human being in question, or to any consideration whatsoever.” Simone Weil Needs, Sacred, Satisfaction, Human Rights, Spiritual Value, Ethical Balance
17. “What quarrel, what harshness, what unbelief in each other can subsist in the presence of a great calamity, when all the artificial vesture of our life is gone, and we are all one with each other in primitive mortal needs?” George Eliot Great Calamity, Mortal Needs, Harshness Gone, Calamity, Mortal, Needs
19. “The best endings don’t leave us happy. Instead, they produce something richer – a rush of unexpected insight, a fleeting moment of transcendence, the possibility that by discarding what we wanted we’ve gotten what we need.” Daniel H. Pink Unexpected Insights, Fleeting Moments, Transcendent Possibilities, Endings, Insights, Needs
20. “I don’t think it’s a Western thing to really talk about intrinsic motivation and the drive for autonomy, mastery and purpose. You have to not be struggling for survival. For people who don’t know where their next meal is coming, notions of finding inner motivation are comical.” Daniel H. Pink Western Motivation, Struggle Survival, Intrinsic Drive, Reality, Needs, Perspective
21. “People want to feel united, they want to have that religious sense they want to feel like at a rave 10,000 people at the rave are feeling the same emotions, a very primal need that’s not being fulfilled in the world today.” Robert Greene Religious Unity, Primal Needs, Emotional Fulfillment, Unity, Needs, Fulfillment
22. “Remember: When searching for suckers, always look for the dissatisfied, the unhappy, the insecure. Such people are riddled with weaknesses and have needs that you can fill. Their neediness is the groove in which you place your thumbnail and turn them at will.” Robert Greene Emotional Weakness, Strategic Influence, Personal Needs, Weakness, Influence, Needs
23. “So every time you think about your work-life balance issue, remember what your boss is thinking about – and that’s winning. Your needs may get heard – and even successfully resolved – but not if the boss’s needs aren’t met as well.” Jack Welch Work-Life Balance, Leadership Expectations, Organizational Needs, Balance, Leadership, Needs
28. “Nobody is interested in the commodity. People buy feelings. And as the world becomes more and more complex, and the commodities more varied, the feelings we want become more urgent, less rational, and more unconscious. How your business anticipates those feelings and satisfies them is your product.” Michael Gerber Emotional Selling, Consumer Needs, Product Strategy, Selling, Needs, Strategy
Needs Quotes by Famous Authors
1. “From a Christian perspective, Jesus not only knew what these people needed, he could instantly heal them. But he didn’t. Instead, he asked them to declare what they wanted. It seems their apparent need was not their greatest need. More than healing, they needed clarity.”
Michael Hyatt Clarity, Needs, Empathy, Healing, Leadership
4. “That human life must be some kind of mistake is sufficiently proved by the simple observation that man is a compound of needs which are hard to satisfy; that their satisfaction achieves nothing but a painless condition in which he is only given over to boredom; and that boredom is a direct proof that existence is in itself valueless, for boredom is nothing other than the sensation of the emptiness of existence.”
Arthur Schopenhauer Existence, Needs, Boredom, Human Condition, Philosophical Inquiry
5. “Human life must be some kind of mistake. The truth of this will be sufficiently obvious if we only remember that man is a compound of needs and necessities hard to satisfy; and that even when they are satisfied, all he obtains is a state of painlessness, where nothing remains to him but abandonment to boredom.”
Arthur Schopenhauer Human Life, Mistake, Needs, Boredom, Existential Thought
8. “The needs of a human being are sacred. Their satisfaction cannot be subordinated either to reasons of state, or to any consideration of money, nationality, race, or color, or to the moral or other value attributed to the human being in question, or to any consideration whatsoever.”
Simone Weil Needs, Sacred, Satisfaction, Human Rights, Spiritual Value, Ethical Balance
17. “What quarrel, what harshness, what unbelief in each other can subsist in the presence of a great calamity, when all the artificial vesture of our life is gone, and we are all one with each other in primitive mortal needs?”
George Eliot Great Calamity, Mortal Needs, Harshness Gone, Calamity, Mortal, Needs
19. “The best endings don’t leave us happy. Instead, they produce something richer – a rush of unexpected insight, a fleeting moment of transcendence, the possibility that by discarding what we wanted we’ve gotten what we need.”
Daniel H. Pink Unexpected Insights, Fleeting Moments, Transcendent Possibilities, Endings, Insights, Needs
20. “I don’t think it’s a Western thing to really talk about intrinsic motivation and the drive for autonomy, mastery and purpose. You have to not be struggling for survival. For people who don’t know where their next meal is coming, notions of finding inner motivation are comical.”
Daniel H. Pink Western Motivation, Struggle Survival, Intrinsic Drive, Reality, Needs, Perspective
21. “People want to feel united, they want to have that religious sense they want to feel like at a rave 10,000 people at the rave are feeling the same emotions, a very primal need that’s not being fulfilled in the world today.”
Robert Greene Religious Unity, Primal Needs, Emotional Fulfillment, Unity, Needs, Fulfillment
22. “Remember: When searching for suckers, always look for the dissatisfied, the unhappy, the insecure. Such people are riddled with weaknesses and have needs that you can fill. Their neediness is the groove in which you place your thumbnail and turn them at will.”
Robert Greene Emotional Weakness, Strategic Influence, Personal Needs, Weakness, Influence, Needs
23. “So every time you think about your work-life balance issue, remember what your boss is thinking about – and that’s winning. Your needs may get heard – and even successfully resolved – but not if the boss’s needs aren’t met as well.”
Jack Welch Work-Life Balance, Leadership Expectations, Organizational Needs, Balance, Leadership, Needs
28. “Nobody is interested in the commodity. People buy feelings. And as the world becomes more and more complex, and the commodities more varied, the feelings we want become more urgent, less rational, and more unconscious. How your business anticipates those feelings and satisfies them is your product.”
Michael Gerber Emotional Selling, Consumer Needs, Product Strategy, Selling, Needs, Strategy
