"Where there's a will there's a way, or where there's a whip there's a way, as we say in the Shire."

"He that breaks a thing to find out what it is has left the path of wisdom."

"Even the smallest person can change the course of the future."

"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 still grows, and in the shadow…"

"War must be, while we defend our lives against a destroyer who would devour all; but I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I…"