Morals are not the important thing-nor enlightenment-nor civilization. A man can do absolutely well without them, but he can't do without something to eat. The supremest thing is the need of the body, not of the mind and spirit.
People need meanings to everything. People want you to intellectualize every choice you make.
Sometimes, we get mixed up when we say that profit is not important for stakeholders. Oxygen is not the reason a person lives. But it is essential to have oxygen, although it's not the only reason for a person's existence. It is similar for profit.
The need to find meaning...is as real as the need for trust and for love, for relations with other human beings.
Humanity lives and always has lived on certain elemental provisions.
There are some concerns that are universal. Everyone wants to be loved, and everyone wants to feel like they belong somewhere in the world. Everyone wants to do something and feel like they have a sense of purpose. These are just the things that I think about and the things that make their way into my songwriting.
What never vary are the necessities of being in the world, of having to labor and to die there.
The human soul needs actual beauty more than bread.
The deepest need of men is not food and clothing and shelter, important as they are. It is God.
