We must not think of the things we could do with, but only of the things that we can't do without.
No man can live well, or indeed live at all, unless he be provided with necessaries.
What do you actually need? Food, clothing and shelter. Everything else is entertainment.
Society is like the air, necessary to breathe but insufficient to live on.
Man needs colour to live; it's just as necessary an element as fire and water.
For our duties and our needs, in all the fundamental things for which we were created, come down in practice to the same thing.
People say, 'Well everybody needs a cellphone.' Well, what does 'need' mean? Do you need an iPad? How about a computer? A printer?
You aren't alive if you aren't in need.
so few in reality are the true necessities of man
I liken myself to Henry Ford and the auto industry, I give you 90 percent of what most people need.