The image of myself which I try to create in my own mind in order that I may love myself is very different from the image which I try to create in the minds of others in order that they may love me.

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.

Because sometimes silence speaks much louder than words possibly could.

June will break your heart. I can see it already. She'll shatter you into a million pieces.

I think it's really important to design things with a kind of personality.

That we are not much sicker and much madder than we are is due exclusively to that most blessed and blessing of all natural graces, sleep.

Consistency is the defense of a small mind

I draw from life - but I always pulp my acquaintance before serving them up. You would never recognize a pig in a sausage.

I always get a little bit scared reading reviews.

As soon as someone I don’t respect tells me I can’t do something, it just makes me want to do it even more.

Often we have no time for our friends but all the time in the world for our enemies.

Epileptics know by signs when attacks are imminent and take precautions accordingly; we must do the same in regard to anger