Those who hate to go to bed fear death; those who hate to get up fear life.

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.

A good vocabulary is not acquired by reading books written according to some notion of the vocabulary of one's age group. It comes from reading books above one.

Grief shared was grief lessened.

If you can't set a better example for progress, don't show disapproval against the worse tradition!

Shakespeare: …the best way to peace is to have a still and quiet conscience. Or none at all, thought Gamache.

If you want to go somewhere, it is best to find someone who has already been there.

I was writing and developing software for alumnae to be able to connect and communicate.

I don't lecture and I don't grind any axes. I just want to entertain.

The brilliant passes, like the dew at morn; The true endures, for ages yet unborn.

Open yourself to the changes; you can then create many different beauties like the skies do!

Amin knew that neither West nor East would criticize him for fear that he would support the other side. He felt he was untouchable and he said so openly.