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His Heart Quotes by J.R.R. Tolkien
- But the only measure that he knows is desire desire for power and so he judges all hearts. Into his heart the thought will not…
- Go back?" he thought. "No good at all! Go sideways? Impossible! Go forward? Only thing to do! On we go!" So up he got, and…
- There, peeping among the cloud-wrack above a dark tower high up in the mountains, Sam saw a white star twinkle for a while. The beauty…
- In that hour of trial it was the love of his master that helped most to hold him firm; but also deep down in him…
- But to Sam the evening deepened to darkness as he stood at the Haven; and as he looked at the grey sea he saw only…
- A great dread fell on him, as if he was awaiting the pronouncement of some doom that he had long foreseen and vainly hoped might…
- His face was sad and stern because of the doom that was laid on him, and yet hope dwelt ever in the depths of his…
- His grief he will not forget; but it will not darken his heart, it will teach him wisdom.
- Is it not a strange fate that we should suffer so much fear and doubt for so small a thing? So small a thing! And…
- Elrond raised his eyes and looked at him, and Frodo felt his heart pierced by the sudden keenness of the glance. 'If I understand aright…
- For the less even as for the greater there is some deed that he may accomplish but once only; and in that deed his heart…
More His Heart Quotes
- But I liked Yeats! That wild Irishman. I really loved his love of language, his flow. His chaotic ideas seemed to me… — Chinua Achebe
- Who can map out the various forces at play in one soul? Man is a great depth, O Lord. The hairs of… — Saint Augustine
- Let us consider the glorious Saint Paul: it seems that no other name fell from his lips than that of Jesus, because… — Teresa of Avila
- Marvin Gaye is one of my favorite revolutionaries. He spoke from his heart, his mind. That's what I want to do. — Erykah Badu
- His heart was like a sensitive plant, that opens for a moment in the sunshine, but curls up and shrinks into itself… — Anne Bronte
- Every man at the bottom of his heart believes that he is a born detective. — John Buchan
- The person who tries to live alone will not succeed as a human being. His heart withers if it does not answer… — Pearl S. Buck
- Blessed is the man who has some congenial work, some occupation in which he can put his heart, and which affords a… — John Burroughs
- A man's work is nothing but this slow trek to rediscover, through the detours of art, those two or three great and… — Albert Camus
- Man has made many machines, complex and cunning, but which of them indeed rivals the workings of his heart? — Pablo Casals
- No temptation can gravitate to a man unless there is that is his heart which is capable of responding to it. — James Allen
- Man becomes man only by his intelligence, but he is man only by his heart. — Henri Frederic Amiel