Human beings are, necessarily, actors who...can be divided...into the sane who know they are acting and the mad who do not.

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.

One hears about life all the time from different people with very different narrative gifts.

The only security men can have for their political liberty, consists in keeping their money in their own pockets.

To make a rock'n'roll record, technology is the least important thing.

In my madness I see your face in mine.

All the gods, all the heavens, all the hells, are within you.

I believe that if you really have a strong idea, you can say, "What do you think? Let's see how my idea plays off yours."

A nation will not be moved by timid methods.

The status quo is never news, only challenges to it.

I will not go a day without coconut oil. I personally take four tablespoons per day, either on my salads, in my cooking or in my cups of green tea.

I'm not thuggin' for me, I'm thuggin' for my family, I pay all the bills, I feed my whole family, wrong or right, I do and I can't stop.