Poetry is a life-cherishing force. For poems are not words, after all, but fires for the cold, ropes let down to the lost, something as necessary as bread in the pockets of the hungry.

I never know, " Harry called to Hagrid over the noise of the cart, "What's the difference between a stalagmite and a stalactite?""Stalagmite's got an 'm' in it, " said Hagrid.

The person in whose presence you stay in the secrets will determine where you will stay in the open.

A susceptible child is capable of great hero worship, and a young mind can easily be obsessed by an idea which persists into adult life.

Culture is how biology responds and makes its living conditions better.

You mustn't think of the Universe as a wilderness. It hasn't been that for billions of years," he said. "Think of it more as... ..cultivated.

Everywhere is here and every when is now.

When you make an omelet, as when you make love, affection counts for more than technique.

To follow in Beethoven's footsteps transcends one's strength.

In finances, be strict with yourself, generous with others.

I took out my watch and listened to it clicking away, not knowing it couldn't even lie