Albus Dumbledore - His best Quotes

Words are, in my not so humble opinion, our most inexhaustible source of magic, capable of both inflicting injury and remedying it.

Do not pity the dead, Harry. Pity the living. And above all, all those who live without love.

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

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

After all, to the well-organised mind, death is but the next great adventure.

'Ah, music,' he said, wiping his eyes. 'A magic beyond all we do here!'

Those that we love never truly leave us, Harry. There are things that death cannot touch.

You ask me, of all people, how to protect a boy in terrible danger? We cannot protect the young from harm. Pain must and will come.

Albus Dumbledore: "Harry, there is never a perfect answer in this messy, emotional world. Perfection is beyond the reach of humankind, beyond the reach of magic. In every shining moment of happiness is that drop of poison: the knowledge that pain will come again. Be honest to those you love, show your pain. To suffer is as human as to breathe."

Curiosity is not a sin. But we should exercise caution with our curiosity.

Soon we must all face the choice between what is right and what is easy.

We are only as strong as we are united, as weak as we are divided.

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

Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real? [Albus Dumbledore]

Understanding is the first step to acceptance, and only with acceptance can there be recovery.

By all means continue destroying my possessions, I daresay I have too many.

...yet, sadly, accidental rudeness occurs alarmingly often.

Albus Dumbledore: 'You have shown bravery beyond anything I could have expected of you tonight, Harry. You have shown bravery equal to those who died fighting Voldemort at the height of his powers. You have shouldered a grown wizard's burden and found yourself equal to it.'

A child's voice, however honest and true, is meaningless to those who've forgotten how to listen.

When dreaming we enter a world, that's entirely our own.

Albus Dumbledore: 'People find it far easier to forgive others for being wrong than being right.'

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

Harry, suffering like this proves you are still a man! This pain is part of being human.

Albus Dumbledore: 'You think the dead we loved ever truly leave us? You think we don’t recall them more clearly than ever in times of great trouble? Your father is alive in you, Harry, and shows himself plainly when you have need of him.'

As much money and life as you could 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.

Albus Dumbledore: 'It does not do to dwell on dreams, Harry, and forget to live.'

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

You place too much importance... on the so-called purity of blood! You fail to recognize that it matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be!

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

It is a curious thing, Harry, but perhaps those who are best suited to power are those who have never sought it. Those who, like you, have leadership thrust upon them, and take up the mantle because they must, and find to their own surprise that they wear it well.

Power was my weakness and my temptation.

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]

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