💬 Quotes

"The primary problem of Utopia is the problem of knowledge; how best to sort out the abilities of every citizen and place them where they will be of the highest service."

"Machinery is the new Prometheus, bringing fire to men, and it has to be watched and disciplined lest it consume them."

"In a truly modern state, there must be neither the absolute freedom of the individual to do evil nor the absolute tyranny of the state to crush initiative."

"We are all seeking a world that is secure, yet adventurous; orderly, yet free. That is the eternal paradox of the utopian quest."

"A part of all you earn is thine to keep. It should be not less than a tenth no matter how little you earn."

"Gold slippeth away from the man who invests it in businesses or purposes with which he is not familiar."

"Where the determination is, the way can be found."

"Wealth, like a tree, grows from a tiny seed. The first copper coin that you save is the seed from which shall grow the tree of wealth."

"Better a little caution than a great regret."

"Will power is but the unflinching purpose to carry a task to a successful completion."

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

"Never trust anything that can think for itself if you can't see where it keeps its brain."

"Dobby is free."

"Spiders. Why's it always spiders? Why couldn't it be 'follow the butterflies'?"

"Hearing voices no one else can hear isn't a good sign, even in the wizarding world."

"You will find that help will always be given at Hogwarts to those who ask for it."

"It is open to us to furnish ourselves with a whole series of generations of esquires and gentlemen who shall go to sleep in the quiet age, and rise again in the fabulous future."

"I can see the moon spinning swiftly through the sky, its phases following one another with bewildering rapidity."

"Under the new conditions of perfect security, life and intellect had undergone a necessary degeneration."

"Man had not been improving, he had been degenerating."