A poet feels the impulse to create a work of art when the passive awe provoked by an event is transformed into a desire to express that awe in a rite of worship.

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.

People with Sweet Relationships [those favoring you, always talk good] with you, will make you stumble.

Time they say is a great healer, but in this case, I am not sure that is true.

Cursed be the verse, how well so e'er it flow, That tends to make one worthy man my foe.

personally my ambition is to get my time as a cockroach shortened for good behavior and be promoted to a revenue officer it is not much of a step up but i am humble

Monogamy is god's way of making death seem like a more reasonable option.

Prayer is more than words. It's listening, seeing and feeling.

God judges a tree by its fruits and not by its roots.

Death belongs to life as birth does The walk is in the raising of the foot as in the laying of it down

I'm always writing or playing because that is my life.

Not too many people in America know about me, but all of Europe knows about me.