When you close your doors, and make darkness within, remember never to say that you are alone, for you are not alone; nay, God is within, and your genius is within. And what need have they of light to see what you are doing?
A joke's a very serious thing.
I despise the pleasure of pleasing people that I despise.
I'm struck by the insidious, computer-driven tendency to take things out of the domain of muscular activity and put them into the domain of mental activity. The transfer is not paying off. Sure, muscles are unreliable, but they represent several million years of accumulated finesse.
Hearing voices no one else can hear isn't a good sign, even in the wizarding world.
Winning is important to me, but what brings me real joy is the experience of being fully engaged in whatever I'm doing.
Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest.