“I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend.”

— J.R.R. Tolkien, “The Window on the West”

“The treacherous are ever distrustful.”

— J.R.R. Tolkien, “The Voice of Saruman”

“Mostly they remembered only that it was a delight to hear the voice speaking, all that it said seemed wise and reasonable, and desire awoke in them by swift agreement to seem wise themselves.”

— J.R.R. Tolkien, “The Voice of Saruman”

“If we do not find them soon, we shall be of no use to them, except to sit down beside them and show our friendship by starving together.” — Gimli
“If that is indeed all we can do, then we shall do that.” — Aragorn

— J.R.R. Tolkien, “The White Rider”

“There are some things that it is better to begin than to refuse even though the end maybe dark.”

— J.R.R. Tolkien, “The Riders Of Rohan

“The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater.”

― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

“Such is of the course of deeds that move the wheels of the world: small hands do them because they must, while the eyes of the great are elsewhere.”

— J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings