“Understanding human needs is half the job of meeting them.”
“The most basic of all human needs is the need to understand and be understood. The best way to understand people is to listen to them.”
“Humans need fantasy to be human. To be the place where the falling angel meets the rising ape.”
“The greatest pleasure is not - say - sex or geometry. It is just understanding. And if you can get people to understand their own humanity - well, that's the job of the writer.”
“Human beings like to twist things to meet their own selfish needs.”
“Divine love always has met and always will meet every human need.”