To hunt for symbols in a fairy tale is absolutely fatal.

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.

What I fear most, I think, is the death of the imagination.

There is no such thing as a person without brilliance.

If you have an important point to make don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile-driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack!

The retreat of a minor piece to the back rank, where it cuts the lines of communication between the rooks, is permissable only in exceptional cases.

I didn't want to get married - I thought it was like a cult! It seemed so conservative and unnatural.

We saw a fair bit of video on them towards the back end of the week and we were licking our lips.

We probably release 1% of the products that we are working on.

Businessmen are notable for a peculiarly stalwart character, which enables them to enjoy without loss of self-reliance the benefits of tariffs, franchises, and even outright government subsidies.

People who experience themselves as authentic are also experiencing themselves as myth, but that's not the narrative they're going with.

A person obsessed with the need to be happy will never be so. The obsession is the obstruction.