Private faces in public places Are wiser and nicer Than public faces in private places.

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.

You don't 'love' people when they are 'nice'. Don't you see that's the same as saying 'what's in it for me'?

My record at the University of California as an undergraduate was mediocre to say the best.

Never respect men merely for their riches, but rather for their philanthropy; we do not value the sun for its height, but for its use.

I've now been in this country for thirteen years, since I was seventeen. So this is my second home.

I'm an actor first and foremost; it's my first love and passion.

Well, my transition into being a captain was easy.

I'll be your number one with a bullet.

So a military force has no constant formation, water has no constant shape: the ability to gain victory by changing and adapting according to the opponent is called genius.

Patience attains All that it strives for. He who has God Finds he lacks nothing: God alone suffices.

Surely the fact that a uniformed police officer is wearing his hair below his collar will make him no less identifiable as a policeman.