Our sufferings and weaknesses, in so far as they are personal, are of no literary interest whatsoever. They are only interesting in so far as we can see them as typical of the human condition.

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.

Move it or lose it, lose it and you'll learn from it, but never give up.

In order to achieve anything, you must be brave enough to fail.

I was expecting it to be cynical because I'm like that myself. I wouldn't want it to be all roses because life isn't like that.

What we do about our feelings determines the quality of our relationship with ourselves.

Hand in hand with nationalist economic isolationism, militarism struggles to maintain the sovereign state against the forward march of internationalism.

I'll throw a globe at you! You ever been hit by the world?!

Two days ahead of schedule, the world witnessed the arrival of a free and sovereign Iraq.

Man has left footprints on the moon but still hasn't walked on the ocean floor.

I was a dancer. I was really seriously into dancing.