And each in the cell of himself is almost convinced of his freedom.

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.

A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity.

As soon as the land of any country has all become private property, the landlords, like all other men, love to reap where they never sowed, and demand a rent even for its natural produce.

I do not know the names of all the weeds and plants, I have to do as Adam did in his garden... name things as I find them.

Troubles, like babies, grow larger by nursing.

Please let go your anger and please send my Saet Byul back. She is my everything

I find no intellect comparable to my own

The way is near, but men seek it afar. It is in easy things, but men seek for it in difficult things.

Hold summer in your hand, pour summer in a glass, a tiny glass of course, the smallest tingling sip, for children; change the season in your veins by raising glass to lip and tilting summer in.

I find his films about as funny as getting an arrow through the neck and discovering there's a gas bill tied to it.

It is a most gratifying sign of the rapid progress of our time that our best text-books become antiquated so quickly.