J. R. R. Tolkien
J. R. R. Tolkien
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien CBE, FRSL, known by his pen name J. R. R. Tolkien, was an English writer, poet, philologist, and university professor who is best known as the author of the classic high-fantasy works The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth3 January 1892
stories matter fresh-start
True education is a kind of never ending story — a matter of continual beginnings, of habitual fresh starts, of persistent newness.
lying adventure hiking
The greatest adventure is what lies ahead
wise speak middle-earth
The wise speak only of what they know
travel walking-sticks tree
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.
fate evil waiting
You can make the Ring into an allegory of our own time, if you like: and allegory of the inevitable fate that waits for all attempts to defeat evil power by power.
good-morning mean feel-good
Do you wish me a good morning, or mean that it is a good morning whether I want it or not; or that you feel good this morning; or that it is a morning to be good on?
victory
For victory is victory, however small, nor is its worth only from what follows from it.
wine moon men
Faërie contains many things besides elves and fays, and besides dwarfs, witches, trolls, giants, or dragons; it holds the seas, the sun, the moon, the sky; and the earth, and all things that are in it: tree and bird, water and stone, wine and bread, and ourselves, mortal men, when we are enchanted.
inspirational life faith
Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.
inspirational life hope
Oft hope is born when all is forlorn.
mean purpose knowledge-of-god
The chief purpose of life, for any of us, is to increase according to our capacity our knowledge of God by all means we have, and to be moved by it to praise and thanks.
stories kind never-ending-story
True education is a kind of never-ending story . . .
faith stars heart
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.
nice liars dragons
You have nice manners for a thief and a liar," said the dragon.