Heaven is not a republic.

There are many forms of tyrants, but there are none so terrible as those stifling their own people in the name of freedom.

Tolkien did admit that, 'As a guide, I had only my own feelings for what is appealing or moving.' In other words ~ he wrote about what interested him ~ and despite his protestation of including anything allegorical into his tale, Catholic history and mystic prophecy obviously received its fair share of attention ...

The devil has not vanished simply because people refuse to believe he exists, no more than God has...

If a man cannot serve two masters, neither can Christianity, or several thousand of them as the case may be.

His grief he will not forget; but it will not darken his heart, it will teach him wisdom.