Like a tongue on frozen steel, like flesh in flame —

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.

Never, in peace or war, commit your virtue or your happiness to the future.

You know the world has gone mad when those who have enlightened, compassionate views and future visions, are accused of borderline insanity, ridiculed and criticised for thinking positively.

No nation ever had an army large enough to guarantee it against attack in time of peace, or ensure it of victory in time of war.

Slow down in your pursuit of happiness and it's more likely to catch up with you.

The strength of walls depends on the courage of those who guard them.

A discussion becomes destructive when it begins to generate more heat than light.

any peace movement must have behind it a higher passion than the desire for war.

I don't really like using guns too much, you know, even for sport.

Although care must be taken not to kill or injure anyone while these persons are being taken into custody, resistance must be broken!

O unfathomable depth! O Deity eternal! O deep ocean! What more could You give me than to give me Yourself?