J.R.R. Tolkien

Remember what Bilbo used to say: It’s a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there’s no knowing where you might be swept off to.

Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger.

I do not love the bright sword for it's sharpness, nor the arrow for it's swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend.

You can only come to the morning through the shadows.

"And it is not our part here to take thought only for a season, or for a
few lives of Men, or for a passing age of the World. We should seek a final end to this menace, even if we do not hope to make one."

"Three Rings for Elven-kings under the sky,
Seven for the Dwarf-lords in their halls of stone,
Nine for Mortal Men doomed to die,
One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne
In the land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.
One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them,
One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them
In the land of Mordor where the Shadows lie."

"Go not to the Elves for council, for they will say both no and yes."

"Do not meddle in the affairs of Wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger."

"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 judgment.  For even the very wise cannot see all ends."

"Much evil must befall a country before it ever really forgets the Elves, if once they lived there."