'All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost; the old that is strong does not wither, deep roots are not reached by the frost.'

Tolkien's grandson says 'Lord of the Rings' was influenced by WWI

'In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.'

'Don't gain the world and lose your soul; wisdom is better than silver or gold.'

'We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.'

JRR Tolkien believed fairy tales needed dramatic reversals of fortune

JRR Tolkien, author of 'Lord of the Rings,' and CS Lewis, author of 'The Chronicles of Narnia,' became close friends after meeting at Oxford and bonding over Norse mythology.

'I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry-rot ... The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.'

Doctor Dolittle and Tarzan inspired Jane Goodall's future work with animals in Africa, but her ideal reading experience included rereading 'The Lord of the Rings.'

JRR Tolkien redefined fantasy for a new generation

'I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.'

'Everything you look at can become a fairy tale and you can get a story from everything you touch.'

'Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.'

'When you're climbing Mount Everest, nothing is easy. You just take one step at a time, never look back and always keep your eyes glued to the top.'

'The true measure of all our actions is how long the good in them lasts.'

The calendars of the 'Lord of the Rings'

JRR Tolkien believed fantasy literature was an entirely different world

'Remember, no man is a failure who has friends.'

'The earth is rude, silent, incomprehensible at first, Nature is rude and incomprehensible at first, Be not discouraged, keep on, there are divine things well envelop'd.'

'Getting old is like climbing a mountain; you get a little out of breath, but the view is much better!'

'Beowulf' is a foundational text for modern fantasy

'I can't go back to yesterday–because I was a different person then.'

'It's those who lie outside ordinary experience who have the most to teach us.'

'No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another.'

'If you want to succeed, you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.'

'Her own thoughts and reflections were habitually her best companions.'

'A good friend is like a four-leaf clover, hard to find and lucky to have.'

'I love quotations because it is a joy to find thoughts one might have, beautifully expressed with much authority by someone recognized wiser than oneself.'

'Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.'

'Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul—and sings the tunes without the words—and never stops at all.'

'No army can withstand the strength of an idea whose time has come.'

'Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.'

A quote from Van Gogh

'The good ole days weren't always good, and tomorrow ain't as bad as it seems.'

'The fact is always obvious much too late, but the most singular difference between happiness and joy is that happiness is a solid and joy a liquid.'

'Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.'

'When you come to a fork in the road, take it.'

'Keep working on a plan. Make no little plans. Make the biggest one you can think of, and spend the rest of your life carrying it out.'

'All the world is birthday cake, so take a piece, but not too much.'

Ten writers and thinkers on what growing older actually requires of us

'Everybody else is working to change, persuade, tempt and control them. The best readers come to fiction to be free of all that noise.'

In 'Lord of the Rings,' the 'palantír' is a magical stone that allows one to see virtually anything

'The bounty of nature is also one of the deep needs of man.'

'The man who views the world at 50 the same as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life.'

A quote from Robin Williams

'Men and nature must work hand in hand. The throwing out of balance of the resources of nature throws out of balance also the lives of men.'

'No one has ever become poor by giving.'

When testing climate models, computer simulations suggest that Middle-earth should be covered by forests—matching a description in 'The Lord of the Rings'—and that Westeros's long winters in 'Game of Thrones' may be linked to a wobbling planet.

'I am a writer who came from a sheltered life. A sheltered life can be a daring life as well. For all serious daring starts from within.'

'Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.'

'You will never feel proud of your work if you find no joy within it; your best work is always joyful work.'