--- title: "13 Knows Quotes By J. R. R. Tolkien" description: "13 Knows quotes by J. R. R. Tolkien. Plus more from J. R. R. Tolkien and more Knows sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/712/j-r-r-tolkien-2-1316_fire_i-sit-beside-the-fire-and-think-of-peopl_2625628.png" --- > [I sit beside the fire and think of people long ago, and of people who will see a world that I shall…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-r-tolkien-2/i-sit-beside-the-fire-and-think-of-people-long-ago-and-of-people-who/) [J. R. R. Tolkien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-r-tolkien-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/712/j-r-r-tolkien-2-1316_fire_i-sit-beside-the-fire-and-think-of-peopl_2625628.png) > [I should have said Welsh has always attracted me. By its style and sound more than any other, ever though I first…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-r-tolkien-2/i-should-have-said-welsh-has-always-attracted-me-by-its-style-and/) [J. R. R. Tolkien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-r-tolkien-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/271/j-r-r-tolkien-2-1316_coal_i-should-have-said-welsh-has-always-attr_756094.png) > [Speak no evil of the Lady Galadriel!" said Aragorn sternly. "You know not what you say. There is in her and in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-r-tolkien-2/speak-no-evil-of-the-lady-galadriel-said-aragorn-sternly-you-know-not/) [J. R. R. Tolkien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-r-tolkien-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fee/j-r-r-tolkien-2-1316_evil_speak-no-evil-of-the-lady-galadriel-said_1455394.png) > [But do not despise the lore that has come down from distant years; for oft it may chance that old wives keep…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-r-tolkien-2/but-do-not-despise-the-lore-that-has-come-down-from-distant-years-for/) [J. R. R. Tolkien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-r-tolkien-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e42/j-r-r-tolkien-2-1316_chance_but-do-not-despise-the-lore-that-has-com_270871.png) > [If you don't know where you're going, you'll wind up somewhere else. Not all those who wander are lost.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-r-tolkien-2/if-you-don-t-know-where-you-re-going-you-ll-wind-up-somewhere-else/) [J. R. R. Tolkien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-r-tolkien-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a4/j-r-r-tolkien-2-1316_ifs_if-you-don-t-know-where-you-re-going-you_10859.png) > [I wish life was not so short. Languages take such a time, and so do all the things one wants to know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-r-tolkien-2/i-wish-life-was-not-so-short-languages-take-such-a-time-and-so-do-all/) [J. R. R. Tolkien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-r-tolkien-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de5/j-r-r-tolkien-2-1316_beer_i-wish-life-was-not-so-short-languages-t_1709580.png) > [The rule of no realm is mine. But all worthy things that are in peril as the world now stands, those are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-r-tolkien-2/the-rule-of-no-realm-is-mine-but-all-worthy-things-that-are-in-peril/) [J. R. R. Tolkien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-r-tolkien-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0cf/j-r-r-tolkien-2-1316_bears_the-rule-of-no-realm-is-mine-but-all-wor_1987744.png) > [It was an evil doom that set her in his path. For she is a fair maiden, fairest lady of a house…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-r-tolkien-2/it-was-an-evil-doom-that-set-her-in-his-path-for-she-is-a-fair-maiden-2/) [J. R. R. Tolkien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-r-tolkien-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/912/j-r-r-tolkien-2-1316_doom_it-was-an-evil-doom-that-set-her-in-his_1783927.jpg) > [There are truths, that are beyond us, transcendent truths, about beauty, truth, honor, etc. There are truths that man knows exist, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-r-tolkien-2/there-are-truths-that-are-beyond-us-transcendent-truths-about-beauty/) [J. R. R. Tolkien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-r-tolkien-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f4e/j-r-r-tolkien-2-1316_beauty_there-are-truths-that-are-beyond-us-tran_2735650.png) > [And yet, Eomer, I say to you that she loves you more truly than me, for you she loves and knows; but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-r-tolkien-2/and-yet-eomer-i-say-to-you-that-she-loves-you-more-truly-than-me-for/) [J. R. R. Tolkien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-r-tolkien-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f0/j-r-r-tolkien-2-1316_deeds_and-yet-eomer-i-say-to-you-that-she-love_781337.png) > [The main mark of modern governments is that we do not know who governs, de facto any more than de jure. We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-r-tolkien-2/the-main-mark-of-modern-governments-is-that-we-do-not-know-who/) [J. R. R. Tolkien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-r-tolkien-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ae/j-r-r-tolkien-2-1316_bankers_the-main-mark-of-modern-governments-is-t_2505120.jpg) > [We were born in a dark age out of due time (for us). But there is this comfort: otherwise we should not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-r-tolkien-2/we-were-born-in-a-dark-age-out-of-due-time-for-us-but-there-is-this/) [J. R. R. Tolkien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-r-tolkien-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e10/j-r-r-tolkien-2-1316_age_we-were-born-in-a-dark-age-out-of-due-ti_622436.jpg) > [There was a solemn article in the local paper seriously advocating systematic exterminating of the entire German nation as the only proper…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-r-tolkien-2/there-was-a-solemn-article-in-the-local-paper-seriously-advocating/) [J. R. R. Tolkien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-r-tolkien-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/820/j-r-r-tolkien-2-1316_advocating_there-was-a-solemn-article-in-the-local_808794.png) ## Other authors on Knows ## More by J. R. R. Tolkien > [I never liked Hans Christian Andersen because I knew he was always getting at me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-r-tolkien-2/i-never-liked-hans-christian-andersen-because-i-knew-he-was-always/) [J. R. R. Tolkien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-r-tolkien-2/) > [No half-heartedness and no worldly fear must turn us aside from following the light unflinchingly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-r-tolkien-2/no-half-heartedness-and-no-worldly-fear-must-turn-us-aside-from/) [J. R. R. Tolkien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-r-tolkien-2/) > [If you don't know where you're going, you'll wind up somewhere else. Not all those who wander are lost.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-r-tolkien-2/if-you-don-t-know-where-you-re-going-you-ll-wind-up-somewhere-else/) [J. R. R. Tolkien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-r-tolkien-2/) > [The enemy? His sense of duty was no less than yours, I deem. You wonder what his name is, where he came from. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-r-tolkien-2/the-enemy-his-sense-of-duty-was-no-less-than-yours-i-deem-you-wonder/) [J. R. R. Tolkien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-r-tolkien-2/) > [Much of the same sort of degraded and filthy talk can still be heard among the orc-minded; dreary and repetitive with hatred and contempt,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-r-tolkien-2/much-of-the-same-sort-of-degraded-and-filthy-talk-can-still-be-heard/) [J. R. R. Tolkien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-r-tolkien-2/) > [It was a hobbit hole, and that means comfort](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-r-tolkien-2/it-was-a-hobbit-hole-and-that-means-comfort/) [J. R. R. Tolkien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-r-tolkien-2/) > [Adventures make one late for supper.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-r-tolkien-2/adventures-make-one-late-for-supper/) [J. R. R. Tolkien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-r-tolkien-2/) > [The Lord of the Rings is of course a fundamentally religious and Catholic work; unconsciously so at first, but consciously in the revision.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-r-tolkien-2/the-lord-of-the-rings-is-of-course-a-fundamentally-religious-and/) [J. R. R. Tolkien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-r-tolkien-2/) > [I have no help to send, therefore I must go myself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-r-tolkien-2/i-have-no-help-to-send-therefore-i-must-go-myself/) [J. R. R. Tolkien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-r-tolkien-2/) > [Many are the strange chances of the world, and help oft shall come from the hands of the weak when the Wise falter.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-r-tolkien-2/many-are-the-strange-chances-of-the-world-and-help-oft-shall-come/) [J. R. R. Tolkien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-r-tolkien-2/) > [Mind your P's and Q's.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-r-tolkien-2/mind-your-p-s-and-q-s/) [J. R. R. Tolkien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-r-tolkien-2/) > [If you're going to have a complicated story you must work to a map; otherwise you'll never make a map of it afterwards.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-r-tolkien-2/if-you-re-going-to-have-a-complicated-story-you-must-work-to-a-map/) [J. R. R. Tolkien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-r-tolkien-2/) > [Outside the ring of dancing warriors with spears and axes stood wolves at a respectful distance, watching and waiting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-r-tolkien-2/outside-the-ring-of-dancing-warriors-with-spears-and-axes-stood/) [J. R. R. Tolkien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-r-tolkien-2/) > [You have to understand the good in things, to detect the real evil.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-r-tolkien-2/you-have-to-understand-the-good-in-things-to-detect-the-real-evil/) [J. R. R. Tolkien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-r-tolkien-2/) > [The mind that thought of light, heavy, grey, yellow, still, swift, also conceived of magic that would make heavy things light and able to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-r-tolkien-2/the-mind-that-thought-of-light-heavy-grey-yellow-still-swift-also/) [J. R. R. Tolkien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-r-tolkien-2/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/knows/j-r-r-tolkien-2/#itemlist", "name": "13 Knows Quotes By J. R. R. 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