No thief, however skillful, can rob one of knowledge, and that is why knowledge is the best and safest treasure to acquire.
For I consider brains far superior to money in every way. You may have noticed that if one has money without brains, he cannot use it to his advantage; but if one has brains without money, they will enable him to live comfortably to the end of his days.
I’ll miss you most of all, Scarecrow.
Now I know I’ve got a heart because it is breaking. – Tin Man.
Demons may be either good or bad, like any other class of beings.
Imagination has given us the steam engine, the telephone, the talking-machine, and the automobile, for these things had to be dreamed of before they became realities.
It is a callous age; we have seen so many marvels that we are ashamed to marvel more; the seven wonders of the world have become seven thousand wonders.
I shall really be very unhappy unless you give me the sort of courage that makes one forget he is afraid.
I never deal in transformations, for they are not honest, and no respectable sorceress likes to make things appear to be what they are not.
To destroy an offender cannot benefit society so much as to redeem him.
People lose a lot of time in hating others, and there’s no fun in it at all.
And remember, my sentimental friend, that a heart is not judged by how much you love, but by how much you are loved by others.
The Tin Woodman knew very well he had no heart, and therefore he took great care never to be cruel or unkind to anything. “You people with hearts,” he said, “have something to guide you, and need never do wrong; but I have no heart, and so I must be very careful.
They seemed happy and contented, though,” remarked the Wizard, “and those who are contented have nothing to regret and nothing more to wish for.
But once I had brains, and a heart also; so, having tried them both, I should much rather have a heart.
We all have our weaknesses, dear friends; so we must strive to be considerate of one another.
Suppose we try kindness,” suggested the Tin Woodman. “I’ve heard that anyone can be conquered with kindness, no matter how ugly they may be.” At.
From the Land of Oz,” said Dorothy, gravely. “And here is Toto, too. And oh, Aunt Em! I’m so glad to be at home again!
The reason most people are bad is because they do not try to be good.
People lose a lot of time being afraid... People lose a lot of time in hating others, and there’s no fun in it at all.