“It isn't what we are, but what folks think we are, that counts in this world.”

“The Scarecrow watched the Woodman while he worked and said to him "I cannot think why this wall is here nor what it is made of." "Rest you brains and do not worry about the wall," replied the Woodman, "when we have climbed over it we shall know what is on the other side.”

“If we didn't want anything, we would never get anything, good or bad. I think our longings are natural, and if we act as nature prompts us we can't go far wrong.”

“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.”

“Never question the truth of what you fail to understand, for the world is filled with wonders.”

“If we walk far enough," says Dorothy, "we shall sometime come to someplace.”

“Time is given us to be happy and for no other reason [...] When we waste time, we waste happiness.”