"The wise speak only of what they know" — J.R.R. Tolkien

"The wise speak only of what they know"

— J.R.R. Tolkien

Inspirational Quotes Know Quotes Love Quotes Only Quotes Speak Quotes They Know Quotes Wisdom Quotes Wise Quotes Wise Speak Quotes

756 Quotes by J.R.R. Tolkien

J.R.R. Tolkien has 756 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Where iss it, where iss it: my Precious, my Precious? It's ours, it is, and we wants it.
Splendid! They used to go up like great lilies and snapdragons and laburnums of fire and hang in the twilight…
He was as noble and fair in face as an elf-lord, as strong as a warrior, as wise as a…
Nearly all marriages, even happy ones, are mistakes: in the sense that almost certainly (in a more perfect world, or…
Sleep! I feel the need of it, as never I thought any dwarf could , riding is tiring work. Yet…
Even the smallest person can change the course of the future.
The one small garden of a free gardener was all his need and due, not a garden swollen to a…
The war made me poignantly aware of the beauty of the world.
Out of the darkness of my life, so much frustrated, I put before you the one great thing to love…
One writes such a story [The Lord of the Rings] not out of the leaves of trees still to be…
Each of us embodies, in a particular tale and clothed in the garments of time & place, universal truth and…
The only cure for sagging or fainting faith is Communion. Though always Itself, perfect and complete and inviolate, the Blessed…

See all 756 quotes by J.R.R. Tolkien »

More Inspirational Quotes

This quote is filed under Inspirational Quotes, one of 205,543 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:

This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes. — Hannah Arendt
There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous. — Hannah Arendt
Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
By its very nature the beautiful is isolated from everything else. From beauty no road leads to reality. — Hannah Arendt
To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would… — Hannah Arendt
Action without a name, a who attached to it, is meaningless. — Hannah Arendt
These are the fifties, you know. The disgusting, posturing fifties. — Hannah Arendt
I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth… — Pietro Aretino
Perugia is my true fatherland because there I grew to manhood. — Pietro Aretino
I want to do what I want when I want to do it not be dictated to by audiences. — Dario Argento
I went through a phase where I thought nostalgia was a bad thing. — Dario Argento
In Italy the censor is very old and there are many judges and psychiatrists who analyse you. — Dario Argento

See all 205,543 Inspirational Quotes »