Quotes About Necessity

To urinate, they simply stood and faced the ocean wherever they could be sure that the wind would

and that figure covered just enough food to see them through the first leg or two of the voyage.

Less glamorous but equally necessary fields of specialization included carpenters, caulkers, and coopers.

whose lives depended on the food acquired in the Canaries.

remained two days to furnish ourselves with pitch, which is a thing very necessary for ships.

the rational solution, as yet unsupported by the emotional drive which would make it a common faith, a cardinal necessity not to be denied, drifts in the doldrums, while the hysterical crew wring their hands and pray for a fair wind, instead of manning the boats and rowing the ship out to the Trades.

Every punishment which does not arise from absolute necessity, says the great Montesquieu, is tyrannical. A proposition which may be made more general thus: every act of authority of one man over another, for which there is not an absolute necessity, is tyrannical.

So vipashyana experience and practice is absolutely necessary for a person who follows the Buddhist path and really wants to understand the dharma.

I learned that no matter how cool the technology seemed to be, it was valuable only if it solved a real problem that was urgent and provided quantifiable benefits. - Vik Chadha

Was sein soll, muß geschehen, und was sein sollte, das geschah.

As a remedy against all ills; poverty, sickness, and melancholy only one thing is absolutely necessary; a liking for work.

Every age has its peculiar folly—some scheme, project, or phantasy into which it plunges, spurred on either by the love of gain, the necessity of excitement, or the mere force of imitation.

God knows what you need. He knows what is best for you—including in what quantity. The fact is, we can live with very little, but we can never truly live without God. He is what we need first, foremost, and always. He is the only one whom we truly can't do without! The

The method of doubt must be applied to civilization; we must doubt its necessity, its excellence, and its permanence.

The radio is, indeed, a great blessing of the modern times. It has become a necessity now.

I used to think that if you changed from … valuing one thing to valuing another, it was because you'd learnt something new, understood something better. And it's not like that at all. I just value what I'm stuck with. That's it, that's the whole story. People make a virtue out of necessity. They sanctify what they can't escape.

Bernie realized the necessity of participating in broader coalitions if he was ever to take his vision beyond the city limits.. He was looking to hold onto that (Jackson) base of support so he could challenge from the outside.

The biggest waste of time is to do well something that we need not do at all.

It isn't necessary to have relatives in Kansas City in order to be unhappy.

It isn't necessary to have relatives in Kansas City in order to be unhappy.

The United States is not a nation to which peace is a necessity.

Si va avanti a spintoni e a ricatti... Il piacere come dovere. Il peccato come necessità. La rosa da cogliere come obbligo di pungersi. La gioia di volare come impegno di sfracellarsi. Il frutto da mordere come precetto di lasciarci la mano.

Na kraju krajeva, možda ništa nije potpuno slu?ajno. Možda se neki doga?aji moraju dogoditi, pošto-poto.

hogar, país? Es posible que los seres humanos se den cuenta algún día de que todos estos valores son abstractos y que para vivir sólo necesitamos, en realidad, un lugar habitable".