In times of joy, all of us wished we possessed a tail we could wag.

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 needs to pursue some sort of a creative interest in order to keep life from eating us alive.

Forgiving yourself can prove as difficult as licking a scab off your elbow.

Never make a sales pitch as the way you introduce yourself. What you CAN say is how you help people and businesses.

No man has ever praised to persons equally-and pleased them both.

I believe in running through the rain and crashing into the person you love and having your lips bleed on each other.

By nature, I am not an optimist, though I try to act as if I am.

What am I singing? A song of seeds The food of love. Eat the music.

Deeply I go down into myself. My god is Dark and like a webbing made of a hundred roots that drink in silence.

How I like the boldness of the English, how I like the people who say what they think!

Whoever controls the education of our children controls the future.