Well, better expelled and able to defend yourselves than sitting safely in school without a clue," said Sirius.

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.

Real transformation requires real honesty. If you want to move forward — get real with yourself.

Jean Paul Sartre says that ‘Hell is other people!’ In the name of completing this sentence we must also say this: ‘Heaven is other people too!

Unless there is a spiritual renaissance, the world will know no peace.

An injury to one is an injury to all.

A general rule for the good use of time is to accustom oneself to live in a continual dependence on the Spirit of God.

Birds buildbut not I build; no, but strain, Time's eunuch, and not breed one work that wakes. Mine,O thou lord of life, send my roots rain.

Psychotherapy works, and some types of therapy have been shown to be much more effective than antidepressants over the long run.

They were black like a lizard's and very large and, like the eyes of a lizard, could sometimes look sleepy.

Our searches for numerical order lead as often to terminal nuttiness as to profound insight.

Don't let anyone tell you that high school is supposed to be fun. High school is to be endured. College is fun.