The true men of action in our time, those who transform the world, are not the politicians and statesmen, but the scientists

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.

The very design of neoliberal principles is a direct attack on democracy.

I just wish I’d asked you sooner. We could’ve had ages . . . months . . . years maybe. . . .

At a time when the limits of leadership are being tested in so many places is your time to rule in your own territory.

The church was made for mission-God's mission

A gallant man is above ill words.

The scientist's inquiry into the causes of things is providing an ever more extensive understanding of nature.

When you're a monster, you are thanked and praised for not being a monster.

I don't think there is a good reason for an abortion, but Dr. Jasper made me really realize it was just a racket. He was just doing it for the money. He didn't care about the women.

I've said what I'm prepared to say in my poems, and then journalists think that you're going to tell them a whole lot more.

You are not wood, you are not stones, but men; And being men, hearing the will of Caesar, It will inflame you, it will make you mad.