Quote of John Ronald Reuel Tolkien - The world is changing: I feel...
Biography - John Ronald Reuel Tolkien:
English writer, poet, philologist and academic.
Born: 1892 - Died: 1973
Period:
20th century
Place of birth: South Africa
Born: 1892 - Died: 1973
Period:
20th century
Place of birth: South Africa
The world is changing: I feel it in the water, I feel it in the earth, and I smell it in the air.
Translation
(French, German)
Die Welt ist im Wandel. Ich spüre es im Wasser. Ich spüre es in der Erde. Ich rieche es in der Luft.
See also...
Quotes about earth:
Quotes about change:
If there is anything that we wish to change in the child, we should first examine it and see whether it is not something that could better be changed in ourselves.
Quotes about the world:
To see a World in a Grain of Sand
And a Heaven in a Wild Flower,
Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand
And Eternity in an hour.
And a Heaven in a Wild Flower,
Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand
And Eternity in an hour.
The world is in greater peril from those who tolerate or encourage evil than from those who actually commit it.
Quotes about water:
In rivers, the water that you touch is the last of what has passed and the first of that which comes; so with present time.
Our deeds, our feelings, our thoughts, and our sensations just happen of themselves, as the rain falls and the water flows along the valley.
My books are like water; those of the great geniuses are wine. (Fortunately) everybody drinks water.
The finest workers in stone are not copper or steel tools, but the gentle touches of air and water working at their leisure with a liberal allowance of time.
Quotes for: air
What light is to the eyes - what air is to the lungs - what love is to the heart, liberty is to the soul of man.
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien also said...
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