True courage is in facing danger when you are afraid…
There is no place like home.
Dorothée vivait au milieu des grandes plaines du Kansas, avec Oncle Henri, qui était fermier, et Tante Em, qui était la femme du fermier.
No thief, however skillful, can rob one of knowledge, and that is why knowledge is the best and safest treasure to acquire.
Never give up… No one knows what's going to happen next.
I think you are wrong to want a heart. It makes most people unhappy. If you only knew it, you are in luck not to have a heart.
Some people without brains do an awful lot of talking, don't you think?
I think the world is like a great mirror, and reflects our lives just as we ourselves look upon it.
It was Toto that made Dorothy laugh, and saved her from growing as gray as her other surroundings.
To be individual, my friends, to be different from others, is the only way to become distinguished from the common herd. Let us be glad, therefore, that we differ from one another in form and in disposition. Variety is the spice of life, and we are various enough to enjoy one another's society; so let us be content.
The road to the City of Emeralds is paved with yellow brick," said the Witch, "so you cannot miss it.
If you will take the trouble to consult your dictionary, you will find that demons may be either good or bad, like any other class of beings.
One might think you knew all about witches, to hear you chatter. But your words prove you to be very ignorant of the subject. You may find good people and bad people in the world; and so, I suppose, you may find good witches and bad witches.
He knew that the best of children were sometimes naughty, and that the naughty ones were often good. It is the way with children, the world over, and he would not have changed their natures had he possessed the power to do so.
I 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.
Some of my youthful readers are developing wonderful imaginations. This pleases me.
When I was young I longed to write a great novel that should win me fame. Now that I am getting old my first book is written to amuse children.
Familiarity with any great thing removes our awe of it.
The Tin Woodman knew very well he had no heart, and therefore he took great care never to be cruel or unkind to anything.
That proves you are unusual," returned the Scarecrow; "and I am convinced that the only people worthy of consideration in this world are the unusual ones. For the common folks are like the leaves of a tree, and live and die unnoticed.
