Need (n.) becomes our measure of right and wrong once our achievements have dazzled us.
Need (n.) is the crossroads where inner and outer life meet; things matter to us only once we need them.
Need (n.) kills more people in its epidemics than disease does.
Need (n.) has become a god; we keep a whole pantheon of them, and denying any one is sacrilege.
Need (n.) is something to solve, never something to measure by.
Need (n.) lies under the will; it is where desire comes from, not what desire produces.
Need (n.) runs one way: bread does not need to be eaten, nor beauty to be seen.
Need (n.) is cured not by a need that ends all needs but by one that calms the rest.
Need (n.) is an opening for the spirit, not an enemy of it.