Any marriage happy or unhappy is infinitely more interesting and significant than any romance however passionate.

Thousands have lived without love, not one without water.

Water is the soul of the Earth.

We are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are here for I don't know.

We would rather be ruined than changed. We would rather die in our dread than climb the cross of the moment and let our illusions die.

Civilizations should be measured by the degree of diversity attained and the degree of unity retained.

Herds of reindeer move across Miles and miles of golden moss

All sins tend to be addictive, and the terminal point of addiction is damnation.

'Healing,' Papa would tell me, 'is not a science, but the intuitive art of wooing nature.'

Few people take an interest in Iceland, but in those few the interest is passionate.

No good opera plot can be sensible, for people do not sing when they are feeling sensible.

Home is people. Not a place. If you go back there after the people are gone, then all you can see is what is not there any more.

Elders in the dark see better than children in the light.

The best gift you can give to your kids is a happy marriage.

My work is all about adventure and teamwork in some of the most inhospitable jungles, mountains and deserts on the planet. If you aren't able to look after yourself and each other, then people die.

The toughest thing about being a celebrity, I suppose, is being polite when I don't want to be.

We gain no wisdom by imposing our way on others.

The night is a strawberry.

Riches begin in the form of thought.

As is your sort of mind, So is your sort of search: You will find what you desire.

Only people who die very young learn all they really need to know in kindergarten.