Dumbledore Quotes

These are from Mugglenet. If I read the books again and come across a good passage which isn't here, I'll include them.
[Edit: Added more from various sites]


To the well organized mind, death is but the next great adventure.

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

Humans have a knack for choosing precisely the things that are worst for them.

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

Youth cannot know how age thinks and feels. But old men are guilty if they forget what it was to be young.

You fail to recognize that it matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be.

It’s the unknown we fear when we look upon death and darkness, nothing more

It is important to fight, and fight again, and keep fighting, for only then can evil be kept at bay, though never quite eradicated.

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

We must try not to sink beneath our anguish, Harry, but battle on.

Numbing the pain for a while will make it worse when you finally feel it.

It is my belief... that the truth is generally preferable to lies.

Differences of habit and language are nothing at all if our aims are identical and our hearts are open.

Indifference and neglect often do much more damage than outright dislike.

We wizards have mistreated and abused our fellows for too long, and we are now reaping our reward.

People find it far easier to forgive others for being wrong than being right.

Age is foolish and forgetful when it underestimates youth.