Necessary
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Man needs his difficulties because they are necessary to enjoy success.
Patience is necessary, and one cannot reap immediately where one has sown.
Man's capacity for justice makes democracy possible, but man's inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary.
Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfils the same function as pain in the human body. It calls attention to an unhealthy state of things.
If we each take responsibility in shifting our own behavior, we can trigger the type of change that is necessary to achieve sustainability for our race or this planet. We change our planet, our environment, our humanity every day, every year, every decade, and every millennia.
Sometimes it is necessary to be lonely in order to prove that you are right.