"The dragon is withered, His bones are now crumbled; His armour is shivered, His splendour is humbled! Though sword shall be rusted, And throne and crown perish With strength that men trusted And wealth that they cherish, Here grass is still growing, And leaves are yet swinging, The white water flowing, And elves are yet singing Come! Tra-la-la-lally! Come back to the valley!"

-- J. R. R. Tolkien

#Men Quotes #White Quotes #Dragons Quotes

“The most accomplished way of using books is to serve them as some people do lords; learn their titles and then brag of their acquaintance.”
“Prayer: the key of the day and the lock of the night.”
“The more you eliminate the inefficient use of information, the better it is for productivity.”
“The ultimate aim of the ego is not to see something, but to be something.”

Source : Masudul Hasan, Sir Muhammad Iqbal (1978). “Stories and Biographies from Iqbal”
“...some people won't even own a dog for fear it will die - you can't bubble-wrap your heart...”
“Bank One has got one of the best credit card divisions, ... The perception of investors is that financial services stocks are affected by interest rates and they're not.”
“I just hate one-dimensional portrayals of religion; it's too cheap and easy to do, and ignores the nuances that go into having a belief system.”
“If we fail to appreciate the soul that Easternism gives us, then what we have is a disconnected, Greco-Roman, Western, egocentric, compartmentalized, reductionist, fragmented, linear thought process that counts on cleverness.”

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