"The deepest human need is the need..." - Quote by William James
The deepest human need is the need to be appreciated.
More by William James
“To be a real philosopher all that is necessary is to hate some one else's type of thinking.”
“Man is essentially the imitative animal. His whole educabilityand in fact the whole history of civilization depend on this trait, which his strong tendencies to rivalry, jealousy, and acquisitiveness reinforce.”
“Is life worth living? It all depends on the liver.”
More on Appreciation
“That is the mission of art - to make us pause and look at a thing a second time.”
“Wouldn't it be interesting to take Elvis back to his Sun Records period? I don't know. But I'm content to listen to his Sun Records. I don't want to dig him up out of the grave.”
“Everything has its beauty but not everyone sees it. To see it a person only needs to imagine how it could be worse.”
More on Human Nature
“Men and Melons are hard to know.”
“At the heart of all that civilization has meant and developed is 'community' - the mutually cooperative and voluntary venture of man to assume a semblance of responsibility for his brother.”
“Why, since we are always complaining of our ills, are we constantly employed in redoubling them?”