Yet, when one thinks of it, diplomacy without force is a but a rotten reed to lean upon.

Being a woman is a terribly difficult task, since it consists principally in dealing with men.

The air of the New World seems favorable to the art of declamation.

It is not the clear-sighted who rule the world. Great achievements are accomplished in a blessed, warm fog.

I don't like work... but I like what is in work - the chance to find yourself. Your own reality - for yourself, not for others - which no other man can ever know.

The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wickedness.

We penetrated deeper and deeper into the heart of darkness

If you don't make mistakes, you don't make anything .

There is nothing more enticing, disenchanting, and enslaving than the life at sea.

To a teacher of languages there comes a time when the world is but a place of many words and man appears a mere talking animal not much more wonderful than a parrot.

They talk of a man betraying his country, his friends, his sweetheart. There must be a moral bond first. All a man can betray is his conscience.

Love the animals: God has given them the rudiments of thought and joy untroubled.

Be afraid of nothing but be aware of everything.

All the supernatural yarns need a realist explanation and a supernatural one.

They love me like a pack of wolves.Ernest

I do chat to my mother in Norwegian, particularly when we want a secret conversation. It is useful that way.

They [Democrats] are the troubadours and the crooners of catastrophe.

Falsehoods not only disagree with truths, but usually quarrel among themselves.

You have to do something when you're lying in bed. So you play with your mind.

I believe you can have a much better life if you are true to your core self, and therefore guided by love and intuitive inner knowing.

My own way of thinking is to ponder long and I hope deeply on problems and for a long time which I keep away for years and years and I never really let them go.