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

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.

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.

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.

I was not alone in my success, only in my failure.

Sometimes letting go is not about a lack of faith in God, but a lack in faith that you have it in yourself to pull off the greatest plan he has in store for you.

A pianist is a painter of music

You ask why I make my home in the mountain forest, and I smile, and am silent, and even my soul remains quiet:it lives in the other worldwhich no one owns.The peach trees blossom, The water flows.

I worked with Steven Spielberg on Amistad... he seemed so very secure in himself that he let me do things.

The epitome of the human realm is to be stuck in a huge traffic jam of discursive thought.

Is everybody happy? I want everybody to be happy. I know I'm happy.

And Christ, through His own salvific suffering, is very much present in every human suffering, and can act from within that suffering by the powers of His Spirit of truth, His consoling spirit.

When I was around 18, I looked in the mirror and said, 'You're either going to love yourself or hate yourself.' And I decided to love myself. That changed a lot of things.

I'm very educated and can give you somewhat of a vocabulary, but I don't get to the philosophical side.