Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore, Order of Merlin – First Class, was born July or August of 1881 in Mold-on-the-Wold and died June 30, 1997 atop the Astronomy Tower at Hogwarts. He was the late Headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Dumbledore was a half-blood wizard, the son of Percival and Kendra Dumbledore, and the elder brother of Aberforth and Ariana Dumbledore. Albus Dumbledore was considered to be the most powerful wizard of his time, and the only one that Lord Voldemort had ever feared. He was most famous for his defeat of Gellert Grindelwald, the discovery of the twelve uses of dragon’s blood, and his work on alchemy with Nicolas Flamel.
In life, Albus Dumbledore was a champion of peace and love. A very old man in the 90s, he was documented by J.K. Rowling in a series of books concerning a boy named Harry Potter. His wisdom has been passed through the generations and is very well documented through numerous memorable quotes.
Dumbledore’s Philosophy
“To the well organized mind, death is but the next great adventure.” – Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
“Fear of a name increases fear of a thing itself.” - Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
“It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.” – Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
“The truth is a beautiful and terrible thing, and should therefore be treated with great caution.” – Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
“There are all kinds of courage. It takes a great deal of courage to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.” – Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
“Humans have a knack for choosing precisely the things that are worst for them.” – Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
” . . . to have been loved so deeply, even though the person who loved us is gone, will give us some protection forever.” – Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
“It is our choices … that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.” – Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
“The best of us must sometimes eat our words.” – Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
“You think the dead we loved ever truly leave us? You think that we don’t recall them more clearly than ever in times of great trouble?” – Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
“Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.” - Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban movie, screenplay by Steven Kloves
“Numbing the pain for a while will make it worse when you finally feel it.” – Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
“It is my belief… that the truth is generally preferable to lies.” – Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
“You place too much importance… on the so-called purity of blood! You fail to recognize that it matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be.” – Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
“Suffering like this proves you are still a man! This pain is part of being human … the fact that you can feel pain like this is your greatest strength.” – Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
“People find it far easier to forgive others for being wrong than being right.” – Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
“It is important to fight, and fight again, and keep fighting, for only then can evil be kept at bay, though never quite eradicated.” – Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
“There is nothing to be feared from a body, any more than there is anything to be feared from the darkness.” -Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
“It’s the unknown we fear when we look upon death and darkness, nothing more.” - Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
“Do not pity the dead. Pity the living, and, above all, those who live without love.” – Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
“Tell me one last thing,” said Harry. “Is this real? Or has this been happening inside my head?”
“Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?” - Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
“Words are, in my not-so-humble opinion, our most inexhaustible source of magic. Capable of both inflicting injury, and remedying it.” – Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2, screenplay by Steve Kloves