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.
war inspiration light
I have in this War a burning private grudge—which would probably make me a better soldier at 49 than I was at 22: against that ruddy little ignoramus Adolf Hitler (for the odd thing about demonic inspiration and impetus is that it in no way enhances the purely intellectual stature: it chiefly affects the mere will). Ruining, perverting, misapplying, and making for ever accursed, that noble northern spirit, a supreme contribution to Europe, which I have ever loved, and tried to present in its true light.
inspirational life travel
May the wind under your wings bear you where the sun sails and the moon walks.
faith inspiration perception-of-beauty
All my own perception of beauty both in majesty and simplicity is founded upon Our Lady.
inspirational believe darkness
I do not believe this darkness will endure.
faith blessed inspiration
The only cure for sagging or fainting faith is Communion. Though always Itself, perfect and complete and inviolate, the Blessed Sacrament does not operate completely and once for all in any of us. Like the act of Faith it must be continuous and grow by exercise. Frequency is of the highest effect. Seven times a week is more nourishing than seven times at intervals.
inspirational life jobs
It's the job that's never started as takes longest to finish.
inspirational life wise
Pay heed to the tales of old wives. It may well be that they alone keep in memory what it was once needful for the wise to know.
inspirational life faith
Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.
inspirational life hope
Oft hope is born when all is forlorn.
inspirational life wise
Advice is a dangerous gift, even from the wise to the wise, and all courses may run ill.
inspirational life inspiring
A single dream is more powerful than a thousand realities.
inspirational life wisdom
Little by little, one travels far
faith inspiration light
No half-heartedness and no worldly fear must turn us aside from following the light unflinchingly.