Man is a history-making creature, who can neither repeat his past, nor leave it behind.

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.

He turned the music up loud. So what if it would deafen him? It made him happy. Like it had so many times before.

You can find justification for slavery in the Bible. Some say this is what the Bible says and that closes the argument.

And that's not something I'm willing to support, it's not something I'm willing to build and it's not something I'm willing to live under.

Of all possible debauches, traveling is the greatest that I know; that's the one they invented when they got tired of all the others.

I like to leave the movie theater and still be thinking about the film and questioning why the character did that.

Trying to coach kindergarteners in soccer is like trying to herd cats.

My wigs are ever changing in height, width, color, size. They make me feel happy. Wearing them makes me feel like I can be a different person every day and that is kind of exciting.

You are always walking in the direction of either love or fear. Choose wisely.

I tried to tell them that things would be okay, but I didn't believe it.

You may go a long time without winning, but you never forget that scent.