To be happy means to be free, not from pain or fear, but from care or anxiety.

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.

You could probably call the whole thing an ordinary love story.

The places where water comes together with other water. Those places stand out in my mind like holy places.

Leaders learn to leverage the problems that never go away in a way to create progress for the organization.

In Hungary, acting is a profession. In America, it is a decision.

Nobody remembers the guy who finished second but the guy who finished second.

Corn is cleaned with wind, and the Soul with chastening

Some things were too hard to believe, however entertaining they might be to hear or read.

I'm crazy about the Coen brothers, I'm crazy about Sean Penn. I love the usual suspects like Susan Sarandon, Meryl Streep and people like that.

I want to keep talking about my people and my country in my own language.

Since I can't be with you right now I will have to be content just dreaming about when we will be together again.