Without Art, we should have no notion of the sacred; without Science, we should always worship false gods.

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.

LIFE IS SUBVERSIVE

You gotta know that People will say a million negative things about you before they mention 1 good thing, don't be surprise if they never said that 1 good thing about you.

I had a Hebraic wedding in New York, so I'm definitely Jewish.

I can't write what I don't believe in.

I'd say there's 100 percent of the guys who think they're in the 25 percent.

In merest prudence men should teach . . . That science ranks as monstrous things Two pairs of upper limbs; so wings-- E'en Angel's wings!--are fictions.

How or by what magic is it, that we convey our thoughts to one another with such case and accuracy?

Change without continuity is chaos. Continuity without change is sloth-and very risky.

Most of our ancestors were not perfect ladies and gentlemen. The majority of them weren't even mammals.

Hunger is a powerful incentive to introspection.