As a poet, there is only one political duty, and that is to defend one's language from corruption.

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.

People that are lazy don't get anything accomplished. It's People like me that are reliable.

We all deserve to be treated with nothing but respect. In order to command respect from others, we must first and foremost respect ourselves.

Logic is a mere iceberg in the Mediterranean of wisdom.

...he was after all, a novelist...and a novelist was simply a fellow who got paid to tell lies. The bigger the lies, the better the pay.

When I finished the trilogy of 'Pirates of the Caribbean' movies, I had a gear shift and thought, 'I need to take a moment to smell the roses.'

I feel that joy is the basic emotion of life and of human beings. It's what supports everything. We are here to be happy. We are to enjoy "alegria."

At a time when individualism is becoming an endangered species, jazz represents a celebration of the individual.

Faith is the willingness to look foolish.

Willpower is so common among highly successful people that many see its characteristics as synonymous with success.

What better evidence could there be of a man's salvation than that he offers to others the grace he himself has received?