Say this city has ten million souls, Some are living in mansions, some are living in holes: Yet there’s no place for us, my dear, yet there’s no place for us.

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.

Any problems that may occur have ultimately been caused by you, because you are responsible for where you are and what you are doing there.

He does not despise real woods because he has read of enchanted woods

Sometimes she arches away from me and wears a light halo of genius about her.

At the end of the day, if pride is your greatest strength, turn it into vanity.

For something that is static, fixed, dead, there can be a way or a definite path; but not for anything that is moving and living.

We must explain the truth: There is no free lunch.

Committing oneself to a technique causes stagnation.

As long as there are flowers and children and birds in the world, have no fears: everything will be fine.

The more I accomplish, the more pressure I put on myself.

Sometimes too much thinking leads to the Death of Doing