Almost all of our relationships begin and most of them continue as forms of mutual exploitation, a mental or physical barter, to be terminated when one or both parties run out of goods.

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.

My wife often said that “a good marriage consists of two good forgivers.

Whether it be training, dieting, working out, or work ethic, for every great excuse "Not" to do something, there are 100 "better" reasons for you to do it.

I think in Washington, D.C., a lot of people are talking down about business.

"If you don't make mistakes, you aren't really trying."

That what appears to be egoism so often isn't.

Survival of the fittest is over. Get over it. We need survival of the wisest.

You're never going to be gentle enough with the person who is your guest.

I see nothing in the theory of evolution inconsistent with an Almighty Creator and Protector.

Anything that you can do a tiny bit of research about, I'll turn it into an obsession.

I seem to have been everywhere in the last 30 years, maybe not in the epicenter but flying around the periphery of extraordinary events and equally extraordinary people.