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
love hope inspiration
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.
gave hope kept
Onen i-Estel Edain, ú-chebin estel anim.'I gave Hope to the Dúnedain, I have kept no hope for myself.'
bound cannot chance cured deal death deserves die eager fate good heart hope pity rule tells wise yours
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. I have not much hope that Gollum can be cured before he dies, but there is a chance of it. And he is bound up with the fate of the Ring. My heart tells me that he has some part to play yet, for good or ill, before the end; and when that comes, the pity of Bilbo may rule the fate of many - yours not least.
hopes time wait
It's like things are in the world. Hopes fail. An end comes. We have only a little time to wait now.
hope light shadow
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.
life wise hope
Many are the strange chances of the world,' said Mithrandir, 'and help oft shall come from the hands of the weak when the Wise falter.
worry tomorrow hopeless
The whole thing is quite hopeless, so it's no good worrying about tomorrow. It probably won't come.
may false-hope middle-earth
It is wisdom to recognize necessity when all other courses have been weighed, though as folly it may appear to those who cling to false hope.
victory words-of-hope spoken-word
I have spoken words of hope. But only of hope. Hope is not victory.
without-hope
We must do without hope.
inspirational life hope
Oft hope is born when all is forlorn.
hope doubt despair
It is not despair, for despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt. We do not.
life false-hope dangerous
False hopes are more dangerous than fears.
hope optimistic fighting
There is some good in this world, and it's worth fighting for.