Perhaps there is only one cardinal sin: impatience. Because of impatience we were driven out of Paradise, because of impatience we cannot return.

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.

Intentional leadership ads value and truth to people.

I was always taught to write the book you want to read. It's a philosophy I haven't wavered from since.

I love my country. And I would have to renounce my Spanish citizenship to become a U.S. Citizen.

Death is the road to awe.

A physician who treated mental cases says that he based his diagnosis on the way his patients moved: "The body never lies" was his maxim.

We have a great friendship that I hope will last our entire lives.

I wrote a lot of software to do various kinds of special things, and I loved the idea of composing pieces in an electronic studio.

Very little grows on jagged rock. Be ground. Be crumbled, so wildflowers will come up where you are.

Dialogue is a lean language in which every word counts.

If you're going to be called a musicianship, you have to be able to play.