There was still gold and silver in the mountains, And hunger was a more immediate sorrow

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 next 10 years are either going to happen to us, or because of us.

My goal was never to sell many records.

Religious and racial persecution is moronic at all times, perhaps the most idiotic of human stupidities.

If we don't unite, chances are we will go back into slavery.

Since the late 1970s, 163 million female babies have been aborted by parents seeking sons.

When you get frustrated you try to do too much, you try to make stuff up that's not there, and you play outside yourself.

All models have faults - that doesnt mean you cant use them as tools for making decisions.

A low self-love in the parent desires that his child should repeat his character and fortune.

As retail goes through a fundamental shift into the digital world, I believe Ocado's model and the high standards of customer service it provides will see it emerge as a powerful online player.

There has never been a protracted war from which a country has benefitted.