" Galadriel gives each of the companions a gift before they leave Lothlorien, but it may be that her greatest and most perilous gift was given upon their first meeting. Temptation, succesfully overcome, strengthens the will, but succumbing to temptation, even in thought, leads to evil "

― Mark Eddy Smith , Tolkien's Ordinary Virtues: Exploring the Spiritual Themes of the Lord of the Rings