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
inspirational life faith
Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.
hope doubt despair
It is not despair, for despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt. We do not.
self heroism preservation
Living by faith includes the call to something greater than cowardly self-preservation.
inspirational life wise
Advice is a dangerous gift, even from the wise to the wise, and all courses may run ill.
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.
simple simple-life celebrate
It is no bad thing celebrating a simple life.
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.
wall grief giving
Fairy tale does not deny the existence of sorrow and failure: the possibility of these is necessary to the joy of deliverance. It denies (in the face of much evidence, if you will) universal final defeat...giving a fleeting glimpse of Joy; Joy beyond the walls of the world, poignant as grief.
journey path lord-of-the-ring
End? No, the journey doesn't end here. Death is just another path. One that we all must take.
want great-hobbit ifs
There is nothing like looking, if you want to find something.
doors going-out lord-of-the-ring
It's a dangerous business, going out your door.
home done lucky
Yes, I am here. And you are lucky to be here too after all the absurd things you've done since you left home.
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.
hands storm defence
Courage will now be your best defence against the storm that is at hand-—that and such hope as I bring.