Noteworthy Quotations: Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone

It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live..

– Albus Dumbledore

Oh, honestly, don’t you (two) read?

– Hermione Granger

Books! And cleverness! There are more important things – friendship and bravery 

– Hermione Granger

To one as young as you, I’m sure it (death) seems incredible, but … it really is like going to bed after a very, very long night. After all, to the well organized mind, death is but the next great adventure.

As much money and life as you could want! The two things most human beings would choose above all – the trouble is, human beings do have a knack of choosing precisely those things which are worst for them.

– Albus Dumbledore

Fear of name increases fear of the thing itself 

– Albus Dumbledore

The truth… it is a beautiful and terrible thing, and should therefore be treated with great caution.

– Albus Dumbledore

If there is one thing Voldemort (the antagonist) cannot understand, it is love.

– Albus Dumbledore

Love…leaves its own mark. Not a scar, no visible sign. … to have been loved so deeply, even though the person who loved us is gone, will give us some protection for ever.

– Albus Dumbledore

It was agony to touch a person marked by something so good.

– Albus Dumbledore

There are all kinds of courage. It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.

– Albus Dumbledore