When one looks into the window of a store which sells devotional art objects, one can't help wishing the iconoclasts had won.

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.

For you will certainly carry out God's purpose, however you act, but it makes a difference to you whether you serve like Judas or like John.

Life is 10% of what happens to us and 90% of how we react to it

There was no echo, no reverberation. If anything the room ate sound. It swallowed her voice, her words, and her eternal, inadequate apology. But not her memories. She would never be rid of those.

Usually when I read something, first of all I'm looking for the story and then when I reread it, I'm sort of checking every part of it to see if every scene is necessary.

Gratitude flows from the recognition that who we are and what we have are gifts to be received and shared.

She surveyed the carnage behind him. "Did you have fun?" He showed her his teeth. "Yes.

Don't ever forget your history," she sang, "or any wicked soul can lie to you and get away with it.

Music is a really great creative tool for me, for different roles.

People should stop poking fun at other people and worry about themselves. The reality is that my movies all have made money.

In popular government results worth while can only be achieved by men who combine worthy ideals with practical good sense.