Which came first, the phoenix or the 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.

Medicine is not a book but mind, not a business but life

Even eighty-odd is sometimes vulnerable to vanity.

Self-conceit is the enemy of progress.

If there was a simple formula for success and it was easy to follow, everyone would be doing it.

For a healthy alternative to buffalo wings, slide the bone of a human finger into a block of tofu and bake.

Because here’s what guys don’t do if they can’t live without you: They don’t break up with you.

It's so important what you're doing in your life. It's tremendously important to the work, and no aesthetic theories take that into account.

My creator owned books sell better than my mainstream books. And that makes no sense.

God can never make us wine if we object to the fingers He uses to crush us with.

I would say that God custom designed my weaknesses. I am not making God responsible for my sins.