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“Philosophy says truth, literature shows truth.”
― The Philosophy of Tolkien: The Worldview Behind The Lord of the Rings
― The Philosophy of Tolkien: The Worldview Behind The Lord of the Rings
“There are two ways to get enough. One is to continue to accumulate more and more. The other is to desire less.”
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“The ability to love authentically, not great intellectual capacity, constitutes the deepest part of a personality. It is no accident that the greatest commandment is to love. Authentic love leads us outside ourselves to affirming others: devoting oneself to the cause of man, to people, and, above all, to God. Marriage makes sense…if it gives one the opportunity for such love, if it evokes the ability and necessity of such loving, if it draws one out of the shell of individualism (various kinds) and egocentrism. It is”
― Witness to Hope: The Biography of Pope John Paul II
― Witness to Hope: The Biography of Pope John Paul II
“In art, the world conforms to the creative idea; in science, the idea conforms to the world.”
― The Philosophy of Tolkien: The Worldview Behind The Lord of the Rings
― The Philosophy of Tolkien: The Worldview Behind The Lord of the Rings
“Music is pleasing not only because of the sound but because of the silence that is in it: without the alternation of sound and silence there would be no rhythm.”
― No Man Is an Island
― No Man Is an Island
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