Money is the necessity that frees us from necessity. Of all novelists in any country, Trollope best understands the role of money. Compared with him even Balzac is a romantic.

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.

Poetry has a mysterious way of illustrating the landscapes of life. One can't help but love its audacity to record the journey.

You're good salesman, if you make people buyproduct they don't need.

A man without a plan for the day is lost before he starts.

He alone loves the Creator perfectly who manifests a pure love for his neighbor.

The free world must not prove itself worthy of its own past.

Indeed, it is sometimes almost as if the problem had to be forgotten to be solved.

Just because I keep getting close and don't win these Majors, I must not panic.

Without a minimum of hope, we cannot so much as start the struggle.

I just want real creative freedom without worrying about, you know, car payments.

We are called not simply to communicate the gospel to nonbelievers; we must also intentionally celebrate the gospel before them.