If you do not believe in a personal God, the question: ‘What is the purpose of life?’ is unaskable and unanswerable.

J.R.R. Tolkien (Writer, 1892 – 1973)

The chief purpose of life, for any of us, is to increase according to our capacity our knowledge of God by all means we have, and to be moved by it to praise and thanks.

J.R.R. Tolkien (Writer, 1892 – 1973)

Living by faith includes the call to something greater than cowardly self-preservation.

J.R.R. Tolkien (Writer, 1892 – 1973)

The birth, death, and resurrection of Jesus means that one day everything sad will come untrue.

J.R.R. Tolkien (Writer, 1892 – 1973)