All pity is self-pity.

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 birthplace of anarchy is the cemetery of freedom.

Feel the joy and love anyway, stress will melt away.

A scientist is a mimosa when he himself has made a mistake, and a roaring lion when he discovers a mistake of others.

I think that some of it is electoral - helping candidates that are willing to take dramatic actions, not just to say a few words about how climate change might be a problem.

You never know what movie I will be in next, but let's just hope it's sells (for my sake at least)!

Seeing, observing, listening, these are the greatest acts

To be active in a church social life or church activities or even a church mission to help the hungry or reach the poor, but really our dedication has to be born out of an infatuation with Jesus.

There is nothing capricious in nature and the implanting of a desire indicates that its gratification is in the constitution of the creature that feel it.

Every human being has the potential for greatness.

You're confronted with the quandary: do I grind things to a halt? Ideally you would, but I have better things to do than educate people.