You know there are no secrets in America. It's quite different in England, where people think of a secret as a shared relation between two people.

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.

To me the charm of an encyclopedia is that it knows - and I needn't.

Nothing in fine print is ever good news.

Whenever we play a really good game, everybody's going to be a hero, and the good part about it is nobody's trying to be a hero.

It was all I could do to not knock him down right there in front of Asher and climb on him. If I stunned him with a frying pan first, he might not struggle too much.

It is said that our anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows, but only empties today of its strength.

It must be felt that there is no national security but in the nation's humble, acknowledged dependence upon God and His overruling providence.

A miracle is changing someone's life. Freeing them from whatever bonds them. Giving them the gift of being able to live the way they dream of living.

He's passed from rising hope to elder statesman without any intervening period whatsoever.

Mother Theresa always said, "Calcuttas are everywhere if only we have eyes to see. Find your Calcutta."

Anything you need, you tell him and he'll get it for you. If he offends you in any way, let me know and I'll kill him when I get up.