"Receive an injury rather than do one."

"To recognize a difficulty is not to solve it."

"No one is as capable of gratitude as one who has emerged from the kingdom of night."

"Icelanders are grateful to meet foreigners who have heard of their country. And even more grateful to hear …"

"I am no more humble than my talents require."

"The nod means, 'I am a badass, and I recognize that you, too, are a badass.'"

"A modest man is steady, an humble man timid, and a vain one presumptuous."