And long there he lay, an image of the splendour of the Kings of Men in glory undimmed before the breaking of the world. J. R. R. Tolkien More Quotes by J. R. R. Tolkien More Quotes From J. R. R. Tolkien For still there are so many things that I have never seen: in every wood in every spring there is a different green. J. R. R. Tolkien green different spring Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens. J. R. R. Tolkien faith inspirational life 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 of it smote his heart, as he looked up out of the forsaken land, and hope returned to him. 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 was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach. J. R. R. Tolkien stars faith heart Advice is a dangerous gift, even from the wise to the wise, and all courses may run ill. J. R. R. Tolkien wise inspirational life I am dreading the publication, for it will be impossible not to mind what is said. I have exposed my heart to be shot at. J. R. R. Tolkien mind impossible heart Justice is not Healing. Healing cometh only by suffering and patience, and maketh no demand, not even for Justice. Justice worketh only within the bonds of things as they are... and therefore though Justice is itself good and desireth no further evil, it can but perpetuate the evil that was, and doth not prevent it from the bearing of fruit in sorrow. J. R. R. Tolkien healing evil justice There are no safe paths in this part of the world. Remember you are over the Edge of the Wild now, and in for all sorts of fun wherever you go. J. R. R. Tolkien remembers-you remember-you fun The Resurrection was the greatest ‘eucatastrophe’ possible in the greatest Fairy Story — and produces that essential emotion: Christian joy which produces tears because it is qualitatively so like sorrow, because it comes from those places where Joy and Sorrow are at one, reconciled, as selfishness and altruism are lost in Love. J. R. R. Tolkien fairy-stories lost-love christian 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 in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater. J. R. R. Tolkien inspiration hope love It is no bad thing celebrating a simple life. J. R. R. Tolkien celebrate simple-life simple You have been chosen, and you must therefore use such strength and heart and wits as you have. J. R. R. Tolkien wit use heart Fear both the heat and the cold of your heart, and strive for patience, if you can. J. R. R. Tolkien heat heart trying I am not a 'democrat' only because 'humility' and equality are spiritual principles corrupted by the attempt to mechanize and formalize them, with the result that we get not universal smallness and humility, but universal greatness and pride, till some Orc gets hold of a ring of power--and then we get and are getting slavery. J. R. R. Tolkien pride humility spiritual 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 light, the eternal truth that is with God. Indeed only by myth-making, only by becoming 'sub-creator' and inventing stories, can Man aspire to the state of perfection that he knew before the Fall. Our myths may be misguided, but they steer however shakily towards the true harbour, while materialistic 'progress' leads only to a yawning abyss and the Iron Crown of the power of evil. J. R. R. Tolkien men philosophy fall Fantasy is escapist, and that is its glory. If a soldier is imprisoned by the enemy, don't we consider it his duty to escape? J. R. R. Tolkien fantasy-stories soldier enemy Then something Tookish woke up inside him, and he wished to go and see the great mountains, and hear the pine-trees and the waterfalls, and explore the caves, and wear a sword instead of a walking-stick. J. R. R. Tolkien walking-sticks tree travel There is a place called ‘heaven’ where the good here unfinished is completed; and where the stories unwritten, and the hopes unfulfilled, are continued. We may laugh together yet. J. R. R. Tolkien together laughing heaven For if joyful is the fountain that rises in the sun, its springs are in the wells of sorrow unfathomable at the foundations of the Earth. J. R. R. Tolkien foundation sorrow spring May it be a light to you in dark places, when all other lights go out. J. R. R. Tolkien light dark may Adventures are not all pony-rides in May-sunshine. J. R. R. Tolkien ponies sunshine adventure
