Living by faith includes the call to something greater than cowardly self-preservation.
J. R. R. TOLKIENDo not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger.
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And he took her in his arms and kissed her under the sunlit sky, and he cared not that they stood high upon the walls in the sight of many.
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It is not the strength of the body that counts, but the strength of the spirit.
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If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.
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All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.
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A man that flies from his fear may find that he has only taken a short cut to meet it.
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I am he that buries his friends alive and drowns them and draws them alive again from the water. I came from the end of a bag, but no bag went over me.
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It is useless to meet revenge with revenge; it will heal nothing.
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The whole thing is quite hopeless, so it’s no good worrying about tomorrow. It probably won’t come.
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So comes snow after fire, and even dragons have their endings.
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You can only come to the morning through the shadows.
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There is more in you of good than you know, child of the kindly West. Some courage and some wisdom, blended in measure. If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.
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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.
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Don’t adventures ever have an end? I suppose not. Someone else always has to carry on on the story.
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I will not say: do not weep; for not all tears are an evil.
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Even the smallest person can change the course of the future
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