Everyman, I will go with thee, and be thy guide. In thy most need to go by thy side.

-Anonymous
c.1485  Knowledge speaks to Everyman. Everyman, l.522^3.

My God shall supplyall yourneedaccording tohisriches in glory by Christ Jesus.

-Bible (NewTestament)
Philippians 4:19.

But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?

-Bible (NewTestament)
  John 3:17.

The face of 'evil' is always the face of total need.

-Burroughs,William S(eward)
  The Naked Lunch, introduction.

L'homme se trouve devant l'irrationnel. Il sent en lui son de¤ s ir de bonheur et de raison. L'absurde na|"t de cette confrontation entre l'appel humain et le silence de¤  raisonnable du monde. Man stands face to face with the irrational. He feels within him his longing for happiness and for reason. The absurd is born of this confrontation between the human need and the unreasonable silence of the world.

-Camus, Albert
  Le Mythe de Sisyphe ( The Myth of Sisyphus,1955),'The Absurd Walls'.

The gap between brute power and human need continues to grow, as the power fattens on the same faulty technology that intensifies the need.

-Commoner, Barry
  'The Closing Circle', in Technology.

BRADYISM: A multisibling sensibility derived from having grown up in large families†symptoms of Bradyism include a facility for mind games, emotional withdrawal in situations of overcrowding, and a deeply felt need for a well-defined personal space.

-Coupland, Douglas
Generation X,'Define Normal'.

Lord, forgive me if my need Sometimes shapes a human creed.

-Cullen, Countee
  On These I Stand,'Heritage'.

Fallen from his high estate, And welt'ring in his blood: Deserted at his utmost need By those his former bounty fed; On the bare earth expos'd he lies, With not a friend to close his eyes.

-Dryden,John
  Alexander's Feast, l.78^83.

Where there is the necessary technical skill to move mountains, there is no need for the faith that moves mountains.

-Hoffer, Eric
USradical activist andwriter. In1968 he helpedorganize violent anti-Vietnam    war    demonstrations    in    Chicago,    and    was prominent in the 'Chicago Seven' trial in 1969.  He was  active in public demonstrations until1986.

Will you still need me, will you still feed me, When I'm sixty four?

-Paul
  'When I'm Sixty Four'.

May the hard hand of a vexatious need Oppress and grind you; till at last you find The curse of disobedience all your portion.

-Otway,Thomas
  Venice Preserved, or a Plot Discovered, act1, sc.1.

   He isgone on the mountain, He is lost to the forest, Like a summer-dried fountain, When our need was the sorest.

-Scott, Sir Walter
  The Lady of the Lake, canto 3, stanza16,'Coronach'.

The good want power, but to weep barren tears. The powerful goodness want: worse need for them. The wise want love; and those who love want wisdom.

-Shelley, Percy Bysshe
  Prometheus Unbound act1, l.625^7.

Down for a new radio, to Ross Lake, and back up. Three days walking. Strange how unmoved this place leaves one; neither articulate or worshipful; rather the pressing need to look within and adjust the mechanism of perception.

-Snyder, Gary Sherman
  Earth House Hold,'Lookout's Journal, Crater Shan 28 July'.