As a rule, it was the pleasure-haters who became unjust.

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.

Life is nothing but a clump of mud

After what others would call a fun day out together, we feel as if we have been at the Red Cross, donating blood.

I think reading is important for a variety of things. I mean, first of all, it's a way to get information and find out what's going on in the world. But also, it helps your imagination.

For me as a solo artist, I never want to be a nostalgia act.

There are no bridges in folk songs because the peasants died building them.

Devils don't come from hell beneath us, they come from the sky.

Success goes to those who dare to dream. And sometimes you have to take a little "scary action," as well.

It's interesting that in searching for monsters to play you often end up playing leaders.

The chromatic scale is what you use to give the effect of drinking a quinine martini and having an enema simultaneously.

There's a lot of intensity when you're on a set. And then it just goes away and no one's giving you attention or flooding you with compliments.