Why, dear boy, we don't send wizards to Azkaban just for blowing up their aunts.

What's life without a little risk?

It is not our abilities that show what we truly are. It is our choices.

We've all got both light and dark inside us. What matters is the part we choose to act on. That's who we really are.

Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.

It is our choices... that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.

We do not need magic to transform our world. We carry all of the power we need inside ourselves already.

The world is full of wonderful things you haven't seen yet. Don't ever give up on the chance of seeing them.

There is an expiry date on blaming your parents for steering you in the wrong direction; the moment you are old enough to take the wheel, responsibility lies with you.

Gryffindor, where dwell the brave at heart!

Twilight fell: The sky turned to a light, dusky purple littered with tiny silver stars.

The point of the spiritual life is to realize Truth. But you will never understand the spiritual life, or realize Truth, if you measure it by your own yardstick.

In this month he had been too happy to sin much

I believe in the incomprehensibility of God.

I've been very fortunate.

The charms of seclusion are seldom combined with the conveniences of civilization.

If the rules of creativity are the norm for a company, creative people will be the norm.

It's certainly easy to calculate the average attendance for Perl conferences.

What matters the party to me? I shall find enough anyhow who unite with me without swearing allegiance to my flag.

Anything that doesn't bore me I think is doable because it's keeping me awake.

VISUALIZE!!! Rehearse your future.