What did J. R. R. Tolkien mean by: If this nice friendliness would spread about in Mordor, half our trouble would be over. - J. R. R. Tolkien Copy
+ Perilous to us all are the devices of an art deeper than we possess ourselves. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, J. R. R. Tolkien, Art, Deeper, 0 - J. R. R. Tolkien
+ Let him go, you filth! Let him go! You will not touch him again! Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, J. R. R. Tolkien, 0 - J. R. R. Tolkien
+ Frodo: Go back, Sam! I’m going to Mordor alone. Sam: Of course you are, and I’m coming with you! Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, J. R. R. Tolkien, Fellowship, 0 - J. R. R. Tolkien
+ You have been chosen, and you must therefore use such strength and heart and wits as you have. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, J. R. R. Tolkien, Heart, Wit, 0 - J. R. R. Tolkien
+ So comes snow after fire, and even dragons have their endings. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, J. R. R. Tolkien, Courage, Dragons, Fire, 0 - J. R. R. Tolkien
+ I’m in a position where it doesn’t matter what people think of me now. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, J. R. R. Tolkien, 0 - J. R. R. Tolkien
+ Bilbo saw that the moment had come when he must do something. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, J. R. R. Tolkien, Moments, Saws, 0 - J. R. R. Tolkien
+ He that breaks a thing to find out what it is has left the path of wisdom. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, J. R. R. Tolkien, Faith, Wisdom, Wise, 0 - J. R. R. Tolkien
I’ve taught, and the first thing I did when I taught art, was not to teach art. Explain - Louise Berliawsky Nevelson Sculptor · Ukraine
Appreciation of art is a moral erection, otherwise mere dilettantism. Explain - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Lying is the only art form that the public sanctions and instinctively prefers to reality. Explain - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Whatever the world condemns you for, make it your own. It is yourself. Explain - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
The liabilities are always 100 percent good. It’s the assets you have to worry about. Explain - Charlie Munger Business person
It’s stupid the way people extrapolate the past — and not slightly stupid, but massively stupid. Explain - Charlie Munger Business person
Film will only became an art when its materials are as inexpensive as pencil and paper. - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
