He lay face down, listening to the silence. He was perfectly alone. Nobody was watching. Nobody else was there. He was not perfectly sure that he was there himself.

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.

I can testify to what UNICEF means to children, because I was among those who received food and medical relief right after World War II.

Richard Clarke had plenty of opportunities to tell us, in the administration, that he thought the war on terrorism was moving in the wrong direction and he chose not to.

If by losing the spirit of prayer, you mean losing the heavenly sensations of deep devotion, I am afraid that does not matter a scrap.

The object of Literature is to instruct, to animate, or to amuse.

Education is preparation to live completely.

There's a never-ending ocean of techniques out there.

My ahimsa is my own. I am not able to accept in its entirety the doctrine of non-killing of animals.

It's much easier to get over someone if you can delude yourself into thinking you never really cared that much.

Love God and do whatever you please: for the soul trained in love to God will do nothing to offend the One who is Beloved.

We all have appointments with the past.