A shilling life will give you all the facts.

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.

The block of granite which was an obstacle in the path of the weak becomes a steppingstone in the path of the strong.

The key to success is action, and the essential in action is perseverance.

Oh, I would probably have raised more hell.

Mortality, behold, and fear, What a change of flesh is here! Think how many royal bones Sleep within this heap of stones.

The man that lays his hand upon a woman, Save in the way of kindness, is a wretch Whom't were gross flattery to name a coward.

Leap hearts to lips, and in our kisses meet.

One of my few shortcomings is that I can't predict the future.

It will work. I am a marketing genius.

We have the notion that we exist but we have no way to prove it. 'I am' is the closest foundation we can get.