A poet's hope: to be, like some valley cheese, local, but prized elsewhere.

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.

It's time to laugh at your nightmares and have nightmares of your laughter.

Look around you...Feel the wind, smell the air. Listen to the birds and watch the sky. Tell me what's happening in the wide world.

I never thought of myself as a writer about religion until a religion came after me.

Being a role model is a privilege.

There's nothing that will bring realism into your world as quickly as realizing that you're out of cash.

Birth is a shipwreck, the mewling infant shored on unknown land.

Alienation produces eccentrics or revolutionaries.

I'd rather have people who are enthusiastic about what I'm doing than like, "Well, I thought we were going to a Miley Cyrus concert and now it's a strip show!"

I am good. I live good. I think good. I don't have to feel good to be good, I take my goodness wherever I go.

You are seeking joy and peace in far-off places. But the spring of joy is in your heart. The haven of peace is in yourself.