Psychology Quotes by J.R.R. Tolkien

17 Psychology quotes by J.R.R. Tolkien

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Tolkien’s seventeen reflections turn the mind into a landscape of quests and shadows. His mythic framing offers a poetic way to contemplate personal struggle and growth.

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“They themselves do not see the world of light as we do, but our shapes cast shadows in their minds, which only…

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“Frodo heard a sweet singing running in his mind: a song that seemed to come like a pale light behind a grey…

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“No more debates disturbed his mind. He knew all the arguments of despair and would not listen to them. His will was…

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“Well, I’ve made up my mind, anyway. I want to see mountains again, Gandalf – mountains; and then find somewhere where I…

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“Frodo heard a sweet singing running in his mind: a song that seemed to come like a pale light behind a grey…

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“For a while the hobbits continued to talk and think of the past journey and of the perils that lay ahead; but…

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“Behold your Music! This is your minstrelsy; and each of you shall find contained herein, amid the design that I set before…

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“They walked as it were in a black vapour wrought of veritable darkness itself that, as it was breathed, brought blindness not…

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“Sam's hand wavered. His mind was hot with wrath and the memory of evil. I would be just to slay this treacherous,…

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“This hobbit was a very well-to-do hobbit, and his name was Baggins. The Bagginses had lived in the neighbourhood of The Hill…

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“Literature works from mind to mind and is more progenitive. It is at once more universal and more poignantly particular. If it…

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“He heard himself crying out: Never, never! Or was it: Verily I come, I come to you? He could not tell. Then…

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“I perceived or thought of the Light of God and in it suspended one small mote (or millions of motes to only…

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“Indeed the mind of Ilúvatar concerning you is not known to the Valar, and he has not revealed all things that are…

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“But I suppose it’s often that way. The brave things in the old tales and songs, Mr. Frodo: adventures, as I used…

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“We shouldn't be here at all, if we'd known more about it before we started. But I suppose it's often that way.…

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“Then out of the blackness in his mind he thought that he heard Dernhelm speaking; yet now the voice seemed strange, recalling…

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“I will vouch for him before the seat of Denethor,' said Gandalf. 'And as for valour, that cannot be computed by stature. He has…

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“I have chosen Mr Baggins and that ought to be enough for all of you. If I say he is a Burglar, a Burglar…

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“he can see through a brick wall in time (as they say in Bree). But”

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“No todos los que vagan están perdidos”

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“The consolation of fairy-stories, the joy of the happy ending; or more correctly of the good catastrophe, the sudden joyous "turn" (for there is…

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“Sméagol won't grub for roots and carrotses and - taters. What's taters, precious, eh, what's taters?' 'Po-ta-toes,' said Sam. 'The Gaffer's delight, and rare…

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“But the Queen Arwen said: 'A gift I will give you. For I am the daughter of Elrond. I shall not go with him…

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“If you lived near the edge of Mirkwood, you would take the word of no one that you did not know as well as…

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“He was dark-haired as his mother, and promised to be like her in mood also; for he was not merry, and spoke little, though…

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“Sam: Mordor. The one place in Middle-earth we don't want to see any closer, and the one place we're trying to get to. It's…

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“May your beer be laid under an enchantment of surpassing excellence for seven years!”

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“Though sword shall be rusted, And throne and crown perish With strength that men trusted And wealth that they cherish, Here grass is still…

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“Seguid si es vuestro deber —dijo—, yo me echaré aquí a dormir y a soñar con comida, ya que no puedo tenerla de otro…

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“Co to mělo v kapšiškách? Nechtělo to říct, ne, milášku. Podvodníšek mrňavá. Nefér otázka. Podvádělo to první. Poruššilo to pravidla. Měli šme to žmáčknout,…

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“it is horrible being all alone.”

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