The trees encountered on a country stroll Reveal a lot about that country's soul ... A culture is no better than its woods.

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.

I am no faint-heart when it comes to the unpleasant truth. Indeed I have always taken a bracing sort of pleasure in facing it.

How do you ever hold on to anybody?

In the event that your feminist activities are discovered, quick diversions include bursting into song, asking him how to fix something in the room and fainting.

People don’t have Guts to leave their Ruts because of their ''Buts''.

He could pour himself into my little paper cup heart and my emptiness would finally have a meaning.

There's only one growth strategy: work hard.

We get sick because of something inside going wrong! We get well because of something inside going right!

Flight is the only truly new sensation than men have achieved in modern history.

No man is rich who is unsatisfied, but who wants nothing possess his heart's desire.

I advise those who want to become writers to study veterinary medicine, which is easier. You don't want to be a writer unless you have no choice - and if you have no choice, good luck to you.