Roald Dahl

I began to realize how important it was to be an enthusiast in life. White hot and passionate is the only thing to be.

And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it.

Somewhere inside all of us is the power to change the world.

Having power is not nearly as important as what you choose to do with it.

Human ‘beans’ is the only animals that is killing their own kind.

If you are going to get anywhere in life you have to read a lot of books.

What if… everything you are going through is preparing you for what you asked for?

Wise men make more opportunities than they find.

The bluebird carries the sky on his back.

To do something, say something, see something, before anybody else – these are things that confer a pleasure compared with which other pleasures are tame and commonplace, other ecstasies cheap and trivial.

All diseases run into one, old age.

To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.

The great majority of men are bundles of beginnings.

He is rich who is content with the least; for contentment is the wealth of nature.

When the eye is not set on one leaf and you face the tree with nothing in mind, any number of leaves are visible to the eye.

Men of age object too much, consult too long, adventure too little, repent too soon, and seldom drive business home to the full period, but content themselves with a mediocrity of success.

Do not waste your time on Social Questions. What is the matter with the poor is Poverty; what is the matter with the rich is Uselessness.

We find delight in the beauty and happiness of children that makes the heart too big for the body.

First and foremost, it’s going to be treat others with respect. Be polite: Manners go a long way. Try to come from a good place. And aside from that, stay focused and do the right thing.

From a worldly point of view, there is no mistake so great as that of being always right.

I believe in Michelangelo, Velasquez, and Rembrandt; in the might of design, the mystery of color, the redemption of all things by Beauty everlasting, and the message of Art that has made these hands blessed. Amen. Amen.