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

"It shows us nothing more or less than the deepest, most desperate desire of our hearts... However, this mirror will give us neither knowledge or truth.
"...It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live, remember that."

"One can never have enough socks," said Dumbledore.

"To one as young as you, I"m sure it seems incredible, but... to the well-organised mind, death is but the next great adventure... As much money and life as you could want! The most things human beings would choose above all - the trouble is, humans do have a knack of choosing precisely those things which are worst for them."

"... Always use the proper name for things. Fear of a name increases fear of the thing itself."

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

"... to have been loved so deeply, even though the person who loved us is gone, will give us some protection forever..."

"Funny, the way people"s minds work, isn"t it?..."

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

"Innocent until proven guilty, Severus," he said firmly.

..."you will find that I will only truly have left this school when none here are loyal to me..."

"Miss Weasley should go up to the hospital wing... Older and wiser wizards than she have been hoodwinked by Lord Voldemort... Bed rest and perhaps a large, steaming mug of hot chocolate. I always find that cheers me up."

"I think all this merits a good feast."

"... the best of us must sometimes eat our words,"

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

"Dementors are not to be fooled by tricks or disguises..."

"... I have no power to make other men see the truth..."

"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 have loved ever truly leave us? You think that we don't recall them more clearly than ever in times of great trouble? Your father is alive in you..."