The enlightenment driven away, The habit-forming pain, Mismanagement and grief:We must suffer them all again.

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.

Criminal’ pompousness will not do

It is wise to do what you love.

When you believe you reflect what is holy and good, you can see more that is good in every stage of your life. (319)

I suppose a human's carriage is a dwarf's bus.

Don't judge those, who are doing something bad, judge these, who told them do do that.

Try never to abandon hope for if you do, hope will surely try to abandon you.

Equality is an unconscious assumption, and if you feel you are treating someone as an equal, then you are not doing it.

Everything that happens in Iraq affects countries outside.

Fact is stranger than fiction. You see people walking down the street that would never be allowed on television. You have to tone it down.

Some kids look at me strange in the hallways because I don't decorate my locker.