J. R. R. Tolkien Quotes

What nourishes me also destroys me.

They will love me for that which destroys me.

Anger is like a ruin, which, in falling upon its victim, breaks itself to pieces.

Knowledge, having irritated and stimulated our appetite for power, will lead us inexorably to our ruin.

destruction is ultimately self-destruction.

The time for miracles has either passed or not come yet, besides, miracles, genuine miracles, whatever people say, are not such a good idea, if it means destroying the very order of things in order to improve them.

This is the patent age of new inventions for killing bodies, and for saving souls. All propagated with the best intentions.

Someone who always has to lie discovers that every one of his lies is true.

Destroy the seed of evil, or it will grow up to your ruin.

While seeking revenge, dig two graves - one for yourself.

Irony became the head that bit its tail and then there is no way out.

Live or die, but don't poison everything.

You might find me outside with a can of hair spray, spraying it with the hope that the sun will burn a hole in the Earth. Another part of me hopes people will grow up and evolve and get smarter. That's the paradox of Marilyn Manson.

Man has made use of his intelligence, he invented stupidity.

For your own good" is a persuasive argument that will eventually make man agree to his own destruction.

What enables us to achieve our greatness contains the seeds of our destruction.

For sometimes you can't help but crave some ruin in what you love.

Why, since we are always complaining of our ills, are we constantly employed in redoubling them?

It was strange, how easily and quickly protection could cause destruction. Sometimes, Vasher wondered if the two weren't really the same thing. Protect a flower, destroy pests who wanted to feed on it. Protect a building, destroy the plants that could have grown in the soil. Protect a man. Live with the destruction he creates.

We are living even now among punishments and ruins.

And there's no damage to the car. Except to the car itself.

The disaster ruins everything, all the while leaving everything intact.

Dead Max was the biggest oxymoron in history.

Lord, lord, lord. Protect me from the consequences of the above prayer.

Experience has further taught me this, that we ruin ourselves by impatience.