--- title: "14 May Quotes By J. R. R. Tolkien" description: "14 May quotes by J. R. R. Tolkien. Plus more from J. R. R. Tolkien and more May sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6db/j-r-r-tolkien-2-1316_drawing_but-it-seems-that-the-wind-is-setting-ea_184346.png" --- > [But it seems that the wind is setting East, and the withering of all Woods may be drawing near.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-r-tolkien-2/but-it-seems-that-the-wind-is-setting-east-and-the-withering-of-all/) [J. R. R. Tolkien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-r-tolkien-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6db/j-r-r-tolkien-2-1316_drawing_but-it-seems-that-the-wind-is-setting-ea_184346.png) > [Where there are so many, all speech becomes a debate without end. But two together may perhaps find wisdom.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-r-tolkien-2/where-there-are-so-many-all-speech-becomes-a-debate-without-end-but/) [J. R. R. Tolkien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-r-tolkien-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af7/j-r-r-tolkien-2-1316_communication_where-there-are-so-many-all-speech-becom_2269997.png) > [Still round the corner there may wait, A new road or a secret gate.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-r-tolkien-2/still-round-the-corner-there-may-wait-a-new-road-or-a-secret-gate/) [J. R. R. Tolkien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-r-tolkien-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/333/j-r-r-tolkien-2-1316_corner_still-round-the-corner-there-may-wait-a_171924.png) > [It may be the part of a friend to rebuke a friend's folly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-r-tolkien-2/it-may-be-the-part-of-a-friend-to-rebuke-a-friend-s-folly/) [J. R. R. Tolkien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-r-tolkien-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/32a/j-r-r-tolkien-2-1316_folly_it-may-be-the-part-of-a-friend-to-rebuke_2815968.png) > [Farewell we call to hearth and hall! Though wind may blow and rain may fall. We must away ere the break of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-r-tolkien-2/farewell-we-call-to-hearth-and-hall-though-wind-may-blow-and-rain-may/) [J. R. R. Tolkien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-r-tolkien-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/445/j-r-r-tolkien-2-1316_blow_farewell-we-call-to-hearth-and-hall-thou_2930425.png) > [Creative fantasy, because it is mainly trying to do something else ... may open your hoard and let all the locked things…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-r-tolkien-2/creative-fantasy-because-it-is-mainly-trying-to-do-something-else-may/) [J. R. R. Tolkien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-r-tolkien-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/461/j-r-r-tolkien-2-1316_bird_creative-fantasy-because-it-is-mainly-tr_2920972.png) > [Celtic 'is a magic bag, into which anything may be put, and out of which almost anything may come . . .…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-r-tolkien-2/celtic-is-a-magic-bag-into-which-anything-may-be-put-and-out-of-which/) [J. R. R. Tolkien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-r-tolkien-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b7/j-r-r-tolkien-2-1316_anything-is-possible_celtic-is-a-magic-bag-into-which-anythin_1327877.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) > [Go not to the Elves for counsel, for they will say both no and yes. Elves seldom give unguarded advice, for advice…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-r-tolkien-2/go-not-to-the-elves-for-counsel-for-they-will-say-both-no-and-yes-2/) [J. R. R. Tolkien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-r-tolkien-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/50a/j-r-r-tolkien-2-1316_advice_go-not-to-the-elves-for-counsel-for-they_2736299.png) > [My political opinions lean more and more to anarchy. The most improper job of any man, even saints, is bossing other men.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-r-tolkien-2/my-political-opinions-lean-more-and-more-to-anarchy-the-most-improper/) [J. R. R. Tolkien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-r-tolkien-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a0e/j-r-r-tolkien-2-1316_anarchy_my-political-opinions-lean-more-and-more_2929314.png) > [I look East, West, North, South, and I do not see Sauron; but I see that Saruman has many descendants. We Hobbits…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-r-tolkien-2/i-look-east-west-north-south-and-i-do-not-see-sauron-but-i-see-that/) [J. R. R. Tolkien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-r-tolkien-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b2b/j-r-r-tolkien-2-1316_east_i-look-east-west-north-south-and-i-do-no_410413.png) > [A criminal who, having renounced reason ... hath, by the unjust violence and slaughter he hath committed upon one, declared war against…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-r-tolkien-2/a-criminal-who-having-renounced-reason-hath-by-the-unjust-violence-2/) [J. R. R. Tolkien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-r-tolkien-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4cd/j-r-r-tolkien-2-1316_beast_a-criminal-who-having-renounced-reason-h_2774190.jpg) > [And you, Ringbearer' she said, turning to Frodo. 'I come to you last who are not last in my thoughts. For you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-r-tolkien-2/and-you-ringbearer-she-said-turning-to-frodo-i-come-to-you-last-who/) [J. R. R. Tolkien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-r-tolkien-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/60a/j-r-r-tolkien-2-1316_beautiful_and-you-ringbearer-she-said-turning-to-f_2535663.png) > [The news today about 'Atomic bombs' is so horrifying one is stunned. The utter folly of these lunatic physicists to consent to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-r-tolkien-2/the-news-today-about-atomic-bombs-is-so-horrifying-one-is-stunned-the-2/) [J. R. R. Tolkien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-r-tolkien-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fcf/j-r-r-tolkien-2-1316_arise_the-news-today-about-atomic-bombs-is-so_1246786.jpg) ## Other authors on May ## 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. 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