The closest modern equivalent to the Homeric hero is the ace fighter pilot.

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.

Ignorance, when voluntary, is criminal, and a man may be properly charged with that evil which he neglected or refused to learn how to prevent.

Deeply happy people are even thankful for the trials and tragedies they pass through.

Beyond the stars you see are other stars, stars beyond stars, ' she told him, 'and all are dreams, like shoals of fish in the oceans of the night.

I hate skin

Cause I don't appreciatePeople whoDon't appreciate

It is unjust to claim the privileges of age and retain the playthings of childhood.

Meanwhile, followers of Eastern religions are sitting in the middle of their minds, experiencing a bliss and a level of consciousness that Western man can't begin to approach.

Show me a man who claims he is objective and I'll show you a man with illusions.

We have found other terms far less vague than the old ones to designate the same complaints. It's a great advance linguistically.

O Contentment, make me rich! for without thee there is no wealth.