My Favourite Statements from LOTR and the Matrix trilogy

From the Matrix

1. There is a difference between knowing the path and walking the path
2. I know you're out there. I can feel you now. I know that you're afraid. You're afraid of us. You're afraid of change. I don't know the future. I didn't come here to tell you how this is going to end. I came here to tell you how it's going to begin. I'm going to hang up this phone, and then I'm going to show these people what you don't want them to see. I'm going to show them a world.. without you. A world without rules or controls, without borders or boundaries. A world where anything is possible. Where we go from there is a choice I leave to you

From Lord of The Rings

Frodo: It's a pity Bilbo didn't kill him when he had the chance.

Gandalf: Pity? It was pity that stayed Bilbo's hand. Many that live deserve death. Some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them, Frodo? Do not be too eager to deal out death in judgment. Even the very wise cannot see all ends. My heart tells me that Gollum has some part to play yet, for good or ill before this is over. The pity of Bilbo may rule the fate of many.

Frodo: I wish the ring had never come to me. I wish none of this had happened.

Gandalf: So do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us.

Where is the Horse and the Rider?

Where is the Horn that was blowing?

They have passed like Rain on the Mountains,

Like Wind in the Meadows.

The Days have gone down in the West,Behind the Hills,

Into Shadow.How did it come to this?

~ King Theoden

Frodo : I can't do this, Sam.

Sam: It's all wrong. By rights we shouldn't even be here. But we are. It's like in the great stories, Mr. Frodo. The ones that really mattered. Full of darkness and danger they were. And sometimes you didn’t want to know the end… because how could the end be happy? How could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad had happened? But in the end, it’s only a passing thing… this shadow. Even darkness must pass. A new day will come. And when the sun shines, it will shine out the clearer. Those were the stories that stayed with you… that meant something. Even if you were too small to understand why. But I think, Mr. Frodo, I do understand. I know now. Folk in those stories had lots of chances of turning back, only they didn’t. They kept going… because they were holding on to something.

Frodo: What are we holding on to, Sam?

Sam: That there’s some good in this world, Mr. Frodo. And it’s worth fighting for.

Put aside the Ranger... become who you were born to be!

Pippin: I didn't think it would end this way.

Gandalf: End? No, it doesn't end here. Death is just another path . . . one which we must all take. The grey rain-curtain of this world rolls back, and all change to silver glass...

Gandalf: ...And then you see it.

Pippin: What, Gandalf? See what?Gandalf: White shores . . . and beyond. A far green country, under a swift sunrise.

Pippin: Well, that isn't so bad.

Gandalf: [Softly:] No... No it isn't
"This day does not belong to one man, but to all. Let us together rebuild this world that we may share in the days of peace." ~ Aragorn

A Thought

We all are living in an interesting period where technology is taking over and governing our life. The old is nearly behind us and the dawn of the coming years is closer. The whole world seems to be excited about it’s advent. Sometimes we wonder why we are so excited about it. What is wrong in the present that we are dreaming of the future? Those who are compassionate and kind say how can we be happy when the world is full of pain, suffering, war and violence. Animals suffer from human abuse and torture, children from mal-nutrition and child abuse, the poor from poverty and hunger and the rest of the world suffers from dehumanizing war and violence. Where is the happiness that we are looking for? Is it in material gain that the modern world or is it in wiping the tears of the suffering and the aching? This is the question we have to ask ourselves. In this sense the present looks bleak, dark and hopeless.
We are all pretending that we are happy, but are we really? Or are we living under anesthesia and have become numb towards the pain of others? I think there is a corner in every heart that hurts and cries, but few have time and sensitivity to listen to that inner voice. Many times we think that what difference does it make if I am not compassionate. Organizations and social workers do that. Well remember one thing… “Every drop of water makes an ocean. One drop cannot say I do not make the ocean, other drops do.
In these trying times the world is now looking up towards the coming millennium for a happier, healthier and peaceful future for the entire living community. Let us therefore collectively word for the happiness and peace of the Universe.
Finally I would like to say in these words ‘I expect to pass through this world but once. Any good that I can do or any kindness that I can show to any fellow creature let me do it now, for I shall not pass through this way again.