Does God judge us by appearances? I Suspect that He does.

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 complex known as feelings of guilt does not let us accept ourselves the way we are created

I cannot see you anymore. Your ego spans higher than the Himalayas.” Sutara

The art of writing is the manipulation of words to ease the mind and free the imagination

There' s nothing good in war. Except its ending.

My mother used to take my brother and me to get any books we wanted, but they were second hand books published in the '30s and '40s. I liked scary books.

There is only one source of authentic self-confidence: reason.

The September 11 attacks were the greatest work of art in the cosmos...compared to that, we composers are nothing

The power to arrest - to deprive a citizen of liberty - must be used fairly, responsibly, and without bias.

What though my winged hours of bliss have been, Like angel visits, few and far between.

One always likes one's latest book best. That's a natural feeling.