Quotes from Books

You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view.

The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience.

Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don’t eat up people’s gardens, don’t nest in corncribs, they just sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.

I am only an egg.

To be is to do.

Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.

The best thing for being sad is to learn something.

We are all made of stars.

The sword in the stone is a symbol of hope and destiny.

The mystery of life isn't a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.

A beginning is the time for taking the most delicate care that the balances are correct.

He who controls the spice controls the universe.

The only thing that makes life possible is permanent, intolerable uncertainty: not knowing what comes next.

It is a great advantage to be able to make a choice, but it is also a great disadvantage if you cannot choose.

To be sane in a world of madmen is in itself madness.

Peace is not merely the absence of war.

In the future, there are no heroes, only survivors.

We cannot control the machines we create; they define us.

You can’t get what you want if you don’t know what it is.

The most important thing is to listen to your heart.

You are not a failure if you haven’t found your passion yet; you’re just in the process of discovering it.

We are not our own; we are all part of one another.

The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.

Life is not a straight line; it is a series of twists and turns.

You can't get what you want until you can handle what you don't want.

I’m not going to let you take the blame for something you didn’t do.

It’s not about what you dig, it’s about how you dig it.

The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are.

Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart.

In all chaos there is a cosmos, in all disorder a secret order.

The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist.

We are all made of star-stuff.

To be a good writer, you have to read a lot.

You cannot change what you are, only what you do.

The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.

Love is like a butterfly: It goes where it pleases and it pleases wherever it goes.

The best love is the kind that awakens the soul; that makes us reach for more.

Time is a curious thing; it can stretch and fold, like a piece of fabric.

Life is not a straight line; it’s more like a winding road.

The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience.

I have a dream that one day, this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed.

Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.

So it goes.

Everything was beautiful and nothing hurt.

We are all here on Earth to fart around. Don't let anybody tell you any different.

It matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be.

You must be the change you wish to see in the world.

The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.

Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.

The consequences of our actions are always so complicated, so diverse, that predicting the future is a very difficult business indeed.

It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.

You have to be brave to be a hero.

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.

It matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be.

The only thing you can do is to be yourself.

It's not about fitting in; it's about standing out.

You are who you are, and that's enough.

The first place for a horse is in the stable.

I have never yet seen a horse who was not willing to work if he was treated kindly.

The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.

If we wait until we're ready, we'll be waiting for the rest of our lives.

The world is full of terrible things, but it is also full of wonderful things.

It is a dark and stormy night.

It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.

The chamber has been opened again. Enemies of the heir, beware.

Fear of a name increases fear of the thing itself.

I am not a piece in their game.

There are much worse games to play.

If we burn, you burn with us.

May the odds be ever in your favor.

I am not pretty. I am not beautiful. I am as radiant as the sun.

Fire is catching! And if we burn, you burn with us!