J. R. R. Tolkien on change
J. R. R. Tolkien96 quotes“Even the smallest person can change the course of the future”
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Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement.
J. R. R. TolkienJ. R. R. Tolkien Fear both the heat and the cold of your heart, and try to have patience, if you can.
J. R. R. TolkienJ. R. R. Tolkien Your time may come. Do not be too sad, Sam. You cannot be always torn in two. You will have to be one and whole, for many years. You have so much to enjoy and to be, and to do.
J. R. R. TolkienJ. R. R. Tolkien What does your heart tell you?
J. R. R. TolkienJ. R. R. Tolkien There is more in you of good than you know, child of the kindly West. Some courage and some wisdom, blended in measure. If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.
J. R. R. TolkienJ. R. R. Tolkien How shall a man judge what to do in such times?’
J. R. R. TolkienJ. R. R. Tolkien All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost; The old that is strong does not wither, Deep roots are not wrecked by the frost.
J. R. R. TolkienJ. R. R. Tolkien So comes snow after fire, and even dragons have their endings.
J. R. R. TolkienJ. R. R. Tolkien 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. TolkienJ. R. R. Tolkien Deserves it! I daresay he does. Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement. For even the very wise cannot see all ends.
J. R. R. TolkienJ. R. R. Tolkien No Victory Without Suffering
J. R. R. TolkienJ. R. R. Tolkien What a pity that Bilbo did not stab that vile creature, when he had a chance!’
J. R. R. TolkienJ. R. R. Tolkien I am the clue-finder, the web-cutter, the stinging fly. I was chosen for the lucky number.
J. R. R. TolkienJ. R. R. Tolkien In this hour, I do not believe that any darkness will endure.
J. R. R. TolkienJ. R. R. Tolkien May the wind under your wings bear you where the sun sails and the moon walks.
J. R. R. TolkienJ. R. R. Tolkien Living by faith includes the call to something greater than cowardly self-preservation.
J. R. R. TolkienJ. R. R. Tolkien
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