I never deal in transformations, for they are not honest, and no respectable sorceress likes to make things appear to be what they are not.

A heart is not judged by how much you love; but by how much you are loved by others.

Birds fly Over The Rainbow. Why then, oh why can't I? If happy little bluebirds fly beyond the rainbow, why oh why can't I?

Whenever I feel blue, I start breathing again.

The road to the City of Emeralds is paved with yellow brick.

Going so soon? I wouldn't hear of it. Why my little party's just beginning. ~ Wicked Witch of the West Wizard of Oz

Some people without brains do an awful lot of talking, don't you think?

I shall ask for brains instead of a heart; for a fool would not know what to do with a heart if he had one.

No thief, however skillful, can rob one of knowledge, and that is why knowledge is the best and safest treasure to acquire.

Hearts will never be practical until they can be made unbreakable.

My people have been wearing green glasses on their eyes for so long that most of them think this really is an Emerald City.

I do not hold God ransom to my success; whatever is his will is my way. I stand by moments; I do not stand by time.

Books became my world because the world I was in was very hard.

I teach self-reliance, the world's most subversive practice. I teach people how to grow their own food, which is shockingly subversive. So, yes, it’s seditious. But it’s peaceful sedition.

Reason: The arithmetic of the emotions.

Man is the only animal whose desires increase as they are fed; the only animal that is never satisfied.

A practical, matter-of-fact man is like a wagon without springs: every single pebble on the road jolts him; but a man with imagination has springs that break the jar and jolt.

Most of us have spent our lives caught up in plans, expectations, ambitions for the future; in regrets, guilt or shame about the past. To come into the present is to stop the war.

Anyone can express himself or herself, but what writers and poets want to do in their work, more than simply express themselves, is communicate.

The sight of home looks best after you've traveled hundreds of miles to get away from it.

I think anyone can fall in love, if you're open and you're willing, but the real test is sustaining it after all the excitement has worn off.