And here he was, a little halfling from the Shire, a simple hobbit of the quiet countryside, expected to find a way where the great ones could not go, or dared not go. It was an evil fate.

There is some good in this world, and it's worth fighting for.

I was talking aloud to myself. A habit of the old: they choose the wisest person present to speak to

Fair speech may hide a foul heart.

Better mistrust undeserved than rash words.

I have spoken words of hope. But only of hope. Hope is not victory.

The treacherous are ever distrustful.

Then holding the star aloft and the bright sword advanced, Frodo, hobbit of the Shire, walked steadily down to meet the eyes.

Few can foresee whither their road will lead them, till they come to its end.

And he smote the Balrog upon the mountainside.

Being a cheerful hobbit, he had not needed hope, as long as despair could be postponed.

Learning to be complex is easy, but learning to be simple is most difficult.

It had as many immoralities as the machine of today has virtues. After a year or two I found that it was degrading my character, so I thought I would give it to Howells.

Trust me, the only real way to understand 'Chic' is in highfalutin terms. Our chord progressions were based on European modal melodies. I made those early 'Chic' records to impress my jazz friends.

I consider that a man's brain originally is like a little empty attic, and you have to stock it with such furniture as you choose.

I am who I am. You sort of get what you see with me.

Think well of yourself and others will too. Unless those others are in government, banking, or show business.

I will now make a scorpion appear in Osama bin Laden's pants

It is only what is written upon the soul of man that will survive the wreck of time.

Simplicity is the most deceitful mistress that ever betrayed man.

Thinking well is integral to acting righteously. Truth and spirituality are of a piece: to know the truth is to do it. There is no dichotomy between the two. To be spiritual is to know/do the truth.