| Professor Dumbledore's Office |
| Welcome! I am Professor Dumbledore, your headmaster. Need a word of advice? You've come to the right place. |
| * "It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live, remember that." * "You know, the Sorcerer's Stone was really not such a wonderful thing. As much money and life as you want! The two things most human beings would choose above all- the trouble is, humans do have a knack of choosing precisely those things that are worst for them." * "Fear of a name increases fear of the thing itself." * "The truth. It is a beautiful and a terrible thing, and therefore should be treated with great caution." * "After all, to the well organized mind, death is but the next great adventure." * "It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends." * "I will only have truly left this school when none here are loyal to me." * "Help will always be given at Hogwarts to those who ask for it." * "It is our choices, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities." * "That suggests that what you fear most of all is- fear. Very wise." * "The consequences of our actions are always so complicated, so diverse, that predicting the future is a very difficult business indeed." * "You think the dead we loved ever truly leave us? You think that we don't recall them more clearly than ever in times of great trouble?" * "If you are holding out for universal popularity, I'm afraid you will be waiting for a very long time. Not a week has passed since I became headmaster of the school when I haven't had at least one owl complaining about the way I run it. But what should I do? Barricade myself in my study and refuse to talk to anybody?" * "Curiosity is not a sin, but we should exercise caution with our curiosity." * "Understanding is the first step to acceptance, and only with acceptance can there be recovery." * "Numbing the pain for awhile will only make it worse when you finally feel it." * "It matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be." * "We are only as strong as we are united, weak as we are divided." * "There is no shame in what you are feeling. On the contrary... the fact that you can feel pain is your greatest strength." * "Youth cannot know how age thinks and feels. But old men are guilty if they forget what it was to be young." * "I cared more for your happiness than your knowing the truth, more for your peace of mind than my plan, more for your life than the lives that might be lost if the plan failed. In other words, I acted exactly as Voldemort expects we fools who love to act." |
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