“If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”

Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement.

Fear both the heat and the cold of your heart, and try to have patience, if you can.

Your time may come. Do not be too sad, Sam. You cannot be always torn in two. You will have to be one and whole, for many years. You have so much to enjoy and to be, and to do.

What does your heart tell you?

There is more in you of good than you know, child of the kindly West. Some courage and some wisdom, blended in measure. If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.

How shall a man judge what to do in such times?’

All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost; The old that is strong does not wither, Deep roots are not wrecked by the frost.

So comes snow after fire, and even dragons have their endings.

Then something Tookish woke up inside him, and he wished to go and see the great mountains, and hear the pine-trees and the waterfalls, and explore the caves, and wear a sword instead of a walking-stick.

Deserves it! I daresay he does. Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement. For even the very wise cannot see all ends.

No Victory Without Suffering

What a pity that Bilbo did not stab that vile creature, when he had a chance!’

I am the clue-finder, the web-cutter, the stinging fly. I was chosen for the lucky number.

In this hour, I do not believe that any darkness will endure.

May the wind under your wings bear you where the sun sails and the moon walks.

Living by faith includes the call to something greater than cowardly self-preservation.

Like religion, politics, and family planning, cereal is not a topic to be brought up in public. It’s too controversial.

A little bad taste is like a nice dash of paprika.

I like to have a martini/Two at the very most/After three I’m under the table/After four I’m under my host.

In both business and personal life, I’ve always found that travel inspires me more than anything else I do. Evidence of the languages, cultures, scenery, food, and design sensibilities that I discover all over the world can be found in every piece of my jewelry.

Come, for the House of Hope is built on sand: bring wine, for the fabric of life is as weak as the wind.

When the belly is empty, the body becomes spirit; and when it is full, the spirit becomes body.

Going hungry never bothered me – it was having no clothes.

We are nowhere forbidden to laugh, or be satisfied with food or to be delighted with music or to drink wine.