How we cite our quotes: All quotations are from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.
Quote #10
HARRY: How is it I got the stone, sir? One moment I was staring in the mirror and the next…
DUMBLEDORE: Ah, you see, only a person who wanted to find the stone, find it but not use it, would be able to get it. That is one of my more brilliant ideas. And between you and me, that is saying something.
A few interesting thoughts on power here. Voldemort thinks power is an end unto itself—which is a pretty apt summation of evil—while Harry knows that you can't use such power without become corrupt. Dumbledore is smart enough to know the difference…and protects the Stone with a clever riff of that distinction.