You fail by default when you live so cautiously you never fail.

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.

Another unsettling element in modern art is that common symptom of immaturity, the dread of doing what has been done before.

Goals are important but what you become to achieve goals is much more important.

It is a responsibility for those that see and have understanding, and choose to not be bridled by fear, to step forward and lead the way.

Take care of your dog because a dead dog is NOT a fun companion!

Those afraid of the universe as it really is, those who pretend to nonexistent knowledge and envision a Cosmos centered on human beings will prefer the fleeting comforts of superstition.

You missed World Hist." "Did you get notes for me?" "No. I thought you were dead in a ditch.

Comfort makes you weaker. We need some variability, some stressors. Not too much, but just enough.

But, when tales of the cosmos are told, this period of ours may always be recalled as that in which men first came to realise what a violent universe we inhabit.

Don't be addicted to money. Work to learn. don't work for money. Work for knowledge.

Why? Why would you do that?” "You have your way of dealing with jealousy and I have mine.