Best J.R.R. Tolkien Thoughts
- He that breaks a thing to find out what it is has left the path of wisdom. Break
- For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there… Beauty
- The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though… All
- Ónen i-estel edain, ú-chebin estel anim. (I gave Hope to the Dúnedain, I have kept none for myself.) (Gilraen's linnod) Funny
- Help means ruin and saving means slaying. Help
- Aure entuluva! day shall come again! Day
- Perilous to us all are the devices of an art deeper than we possess ourselves. All
- I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo. "So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see… All
- Criticism - however valid or intellectually engaging - tends to get in the way of a writer who has anything personal to say. A tightrope… Anything Personal
- Still round the corner there may wait A new road or a secret gate And though I oft have passed them by A day will… Corner
- War must be, while we defend our lives against a destroyer who would devour all; but I do not love the bright sword for its… All
- No Victory Without Suffering Inspirational
- Those were happier days, when there was still close friendship at times between folk of different race, even between Dwarves and Elves.' It was not… Both
- Little by little, one travels far Achievement
- You have nice manners for a thief and a liar," said the dragon. Dragon
- We have come from God, and inevitably the myths woven by us, though they contain error, will also reflect a splintered fragment of the true… Abyss
- For I am the daughter of Elrond. I shall not go with him when he departs to the Havens: for mine is the choice of… Bitter
- And Gandalf said: "This is your realm, and the heart of the greater realm that shall be. The Third Age of the world is ended,… Age
- What do you fear, lady?" [Aragorn] asked. "A cage," [Éowyn] said. "To stay behind bars, until use and old age accept them, and all chance… Accept
- What course am I to take?" "Towards danger; but not too rashly, nor too straight. Course
- The road must be trod, but it will be very hard. And neither strength nor wisdom will carry us far upon it. This quest may… Attempted
- If people were in the habit of refering to 'King George's council, Winston and his gang,' it would go a long way to clearing thought,… Clearing
- Few there were who could change his courses by counsel. None by force. Change
- The world is indeed full of peril and in it there are many dark places. Dark
- A man that flies from his fear may find that he has only taken a short cut to meet it. Cowardice
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