If you handed [character] a glass that was 90% full, he'd tell you that the 10% empty part proved that no one really cared about water.

To worship a sacred mystery was just to worship your own ignorance.

[...] intelligent people only have a certain amount of time (measured in subjective time spent thinking about religion) to become atheists. After a certain point, if you're smart, have spent time thinking about and defending your religion, and still haven't escaped the grip of Dark Side Epistemology, the inside of your mind ends up as an Escher painting.

Remember, if you succeed in everything you try in life, you're living below your full potential and you should take up more difficult or daring things.

There's something in science like the shine of the Patronus Charm, driving back all sorts of darkness and madness.

That which the truth nourishes should thrive.

I'm lazy! I hate work! Hate hard work in all its forms! Clever shortcuts, that's all I'm about!