“Greed is eternal.”

“Coincidences to get characters into trouble are great; coincidences to get them out of it are cheating.”

“One tiny Hobbit against all the evil the world could muster. A sane being would have given up, but Samwise burned with a magnificent madness, a glowing obsession to surmount every obstacle, to find Frodo, destroy the Ring, and cleanse Middle Earth of its festering malignancy. He knew he would try again. Fail, perhaps. And try once more. A thousand, thousand times if need be, but he would not give up the quest.”

“To make great art, one first must become insane and desperate.”

“But Jesus looked at them and said, "With men, it is impossible. But not with God. With God, all things are possible.”

“what? shall we receive good at the hand of God and shall we not receive evil?”

“Whoever wants to be great must become a servant.”