T.H. White

It is a pity that there are no big creatures to prey on humanity. If there were enough dragons and rocs, perhaps mankind would turn its might against them.

The best thing about animals is that they don't talk much.

I do not believe that I am made of the stuff which constitutes heroes, because, in all of the hundreds of instances that my life has contained, I have not been brave once.

I am a genius, not only of a literary profession, but in the more important category of the theft of wits.

The bravest people are the ones who don’t mind looking like cowards.

Education is experience, and the essence of experience is self-reliance.

The fate of your world is in your hands, as the fate of my world is in mine.

It’s all so beautiful. It breaks your heart.

The best thing for being sad," replied Merlyn, beginning to puff and blow, "is to learn something. That is the only thing that never fails. You may grow old and trembling in your anatomies, you may lie awake at night listening to the disorder of your veins, you may miss your only love, you may see the world about you devastated by evil lunatics, or know your honour trampled in the sewers of baser minds. There is only one thing for it then — to learn. Learn why the world wags and what wags it. That is the only thing which the mind can never exhaust, never alienate, never be tortured by, never fear or distrust, and never dream of regretting. Learning is the only thing for you. Look what a lot of things there are to learn."

The best thing for being sad," replied Merlyn, beginning to puff and blow, "is to learn something. That is the only thing that never fails.

The fate of a whole world may depend on the courage of a single knight.

What is the use of running when we are not on the right road?