Oh - You're a very bad man!" Oh, no my dear. I'm a very good man. I'm just a very bad Wizard.
L. Frank BaumI believe that dreams - day dreams, you know, with your eyes wide open and your brain machinery whizzing - are likely to lead to the betterment of the world.
L. Frank BaumI shall take the heart. For brains do not make one happy, and happiness is the best thing in the world.
L. Frank BaumTo please a child is a sweet and lovely thing that warms one's heart and brings its own reward.
L. Frank BaumA curious thing about Ugu the Shoemaker was that he didn't suspect in the least that he was wicked. He wanted to be powerful and great, and he hoped to make himself master of all the Land of Oz that he might compel everyone in that fairy country to obey him, His ambition blinded him to the rights of others, and he imagined anyone else would act just as he did if anyone else happened to be as clever as himself.
L. Frank Baum