Tolkien Silmarillion Quotes

#1. And thou, Melkor, shalt see that no theme may be played that hath not its uttermost source in me, nor can any alter the music in my despite. For he that attempteth this shall prove but mine instrument in the devising of things more wonderful, which he himself hath not imagined.

J.R.R. Tolkien

#2. Then he called him Maeglin, which is Sharp Glance, for he perceived that the eyes of his son were more piercing than his own, and his thought could read the secrets of hearts beyond the mist of words.

J.R.R. Tolkien

#3. This only was wanting. Now comes the night.

J.R.R. Tolkien

#4. The greatest honor God can do a soul is not give it much; but to ask much of it.

Therese Of Lisieux

#5. I've got more creative control when I do music.

Method Man

#6. With their whips of flames they smote asunder the webs of Ungoliant. - The Silmarillion

J.R.R. Tolkien

#7. Humility is the displacement of self by the enthronement of God.

Andrew Murray

#8. To understand possible means to understand impossible.

Dejan Stojanovic

#9. I liked the American folk style of Woody Guthrie.

Gordon Lightfoot

#10. Water is a finite resource that is essential in the advancement of agriculture, and is vital to human life.

Jim Costa

#11. Economists love to talk about incentives, but the bottom line is that people hate being controlled or manipulated, even when done through voluntary institutions. This is one of the most important tensions in capitalism.

Tyler Cowen