The definition of prayer is paying careful and concentrated attention to something other than your own constructions.

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.

Perhaps she would never really know him. A year and a half ago that though would have been unbearable to her, but now she had learnt to live with uncertainty, even to love it.

A peaceful nature is the best doctor for an unpeaceful mind!

It was not a coincidence. It was not deja vu. It was destiny. It was my destiny to meet her.

Celebrity has some amazing advantages, of course it does. You're given an extraordinary power. It's a door-opener. I might not have to queue for things.

My grandfather... saw where inherited wealth ruined people. And my grandfather was right.

I don't like the way my hair looks, so we're going to do the whole show over.

I'm pretty awesome at making salad dressings.

I wasn’t sure if I was charmed by his reluctance to share a bed with a girl or insulted that, apparently, I wasn’t hot enough for him to charge the mattress like a bull.

You know, we lose more homes every year to flooding than we do any other event in America.

We are still a nation of laws. You just have to check with Barack Obama every day to see what they are.