“Water is sufficient...the spirit moves over water.”

“Morality is the idiosyncrasy of decadents having the hidden desire to revenge themselves upon life and being successful.”

“And how does one basically recognize good development? In that a well-developed man does our senses good: that he is carved from wood which is hard, delicate, and sweet-smelling, all at the same time.”

“Energy wasted on negative ends.”

“I am more and more convinced that some people are put in our lives solely to try our patience and tamper with our tolerance levels.”

“How much truth does a spirit endure, how much truth does it dare?”

“The truth." Dumbledore sighed. "It is a beautiful and terrible thing, and should therefore be treated with great caution.”

“The truth is rarely pure and never simple.”

“Never tell the truth to people who are not worthy of it.”

“War, not peace, produces virtue. War, not peace, purges vice. War, and preparation for war, call forth all that is noble and honorable in a man. It unites him with his brothers and binds them in se...”

“The mean of true valor lies between the extremes of cowardice and rashness.”