Uprooting is by far the most dangerous of the ills of human society, for it perpetuates itself.

Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.

We must not wish for the disappearance of our troubles but for the grace to transform them.

Pain and suffering are a kind of currency passed from hand to hand until they reach someone who receives them but does not pass them on.

There are only two things that pierce the human heart. One is beauty. The other is affliction.

If you want to know what a man is really like, take notice of how he acts when he loses money.

A hurtful act is the transference to others of the degradation which we bear in ourselves.

There is one, and only one, thing in modern society more hideous than crime namely, repressive justice.

The joy of learning is as indispensable in study as breathing is in running.

Equality is the public recognition, effectively expressed in institutions and manners, of the principle that an equal degree of attention is due to the needs of all human beings.

More than in any other performing arts the lack of respect for acting seems to spring from the fact that every layman considers himself a valid critic.

You can only be young once. But you can always be immature.

Socialism is the way, the truth, and the light.

You will also find that help will always be given at Hogwarts to those who ask for it.

The lesson is that, No. 1, this management has to be at the highest class possible. No. 2, they have to have a succession plan.

It would be a dream if 2015 was like 2014 or even better

I inherited half my father's friends and all his enemies

The most fertile source of insight is hindsight.

Those who do too much for their children will soon find they can do nothing with their children. So many children have been so much done for they are almost done in.

Tennis has always been a big challenge to me and to be able to play that kind of tennis - well, only tennis can produce these feelings for me.

A man taking basil from a woman will love her always.