The Road Goes Ever On

“The Road goes ever on and on
Down from the door where it began.
Now far ahead the Road has gone,
And I must follow, if I can,
Pursuing it with weary feet,
Until it joins some larger way,
Where many paths and errands meet.
And whither then? I cannot say.”

J. R. R. Tolkien,

The Lord of the Rings, “The Fellowship of the Ring”

Leaving Without Regret

“Has this world been so kind to you that you should leave with regret? There are better things ahead than any we leave behind.”

C. S. Lewis

Big Words

“Don’t use words too big for the subject. Don’t say “infinitely” when you mean “very”; otherwise you’ll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite.”
C. S. Lewis

He who seeks . . .

“There is nothing like looking, if you want to find something. You certainly usually find something, if you look, but it is not always quite the something you were after.”

J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord Of The Ring

Aim at Heaven – Aim at Earth

“Aim at heaven and you will get earth thrown in. Aim at earth and you get neither.”

C. S. Lewis

Heaven?

His house was perfect, whether you liked food, or sleep, or work, or story-telling, or singing, or just sitting and thinking best, or a pleasant mixture of them all.

J. R. R. Tolkien, The Hobbit