Necessary Things Quotes

26 Necessary Things quotes by 26 unique authors

Writing is a necessary thing for me, just to keep myself level. It has beneficial effects on my life. — Nick Cave
God's willingness to answer our prayers exceeds our willingness to give good and necessary things to our children, just as far as God's ability, goodness… — Edward McKendree Bounds
In necessary things, unity; in doubtful things, liberty; in all things, charity. — Anne Baxter
There is harm not only in trying to gain wealth but also in excessive concern with even the most necessary things. It is not enough… — Saint John Chrysostom
The first state an actor experiences onstage is the one he just experienced in life. One needs great courage not to portray this experience. One… — Unknown Author
We rich men count our felicity and happiness to lie in these superfluities, and not in those necessary things. — Plutarch
Plots, true or false, are necessary things, To raise up commonwealths and ruin kings. — John Dryden
If an artist wants to use his mind for creative work, cutting oneself off from society is a necessary thing — Glenn Gould
Give thanks to God, who made necessary things simple, and complicated things unnecessary. — Gregory Skovoroda
It is Toussaint's supreme merit that while he saw European civilisation as a valuable and necessary thing, and strove to lay its foundations among his… — C L R James
The artist’s memory is a dangerous, necessary thing. Never disavow what you see and remember-it’s your brilliant stock-in-trade: remembering, and making something out of it.… — Hilton Als
The Beginning of Philosophy is a Consciousness of your own Weakness and inability in necessary things. — Epictetus
Religions do a useful thing: they narrow God to the limits of man. Philosophy replies by doing a necessary thing: it elevates man to the… — Victor Hugo
The superfluous, a very necessary thing. — Voltaire
The necessary thing is after all but this; solitude, great inner solitude. Going into oneself for hours meeting no one - this one must be… — Rainer Maria Rilke
Nostalgia is a necessary thing, I believe, and a way for all of us to find peace in that which we have accomplished, or even… — R A Salvatore
...a habit that had become one of those necessary things for the night... surely a body-friendly if not familiar-lying next to you. Someone whose touch… — Toni Morrison
Only Christ could have brought us all together, in this place, doing such absurd but necessary things. — Kathleen Norris
It is a wholesome and necessary thing for us to turn again to the earth and in the contemplation of her beauties to know the… — Rachel Carson
Only if the third necessary thing could be given us. Number one, as I said: quality of information. Number two: leisure to digest it. And… — Ray Bradbury
Depression is the most unpleasant thing I have ever experienced. . . . It is that absence of being able to envisage that you will… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
It seems that the necessary thing to do is not to fear mistakes, to plunge in, to do the best that one can, hoping to… — Abraham Maslow
Prayer is the center of the Christian life. It is the only necessary thing. It is living with God in the here and now. — Henri Nouwen
In necessary things, unity; in disputed things, liberty; in all things, charity — Superman
Necessary things are never unwise..... — Melchor Lim

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