---
in:
  - "[[Quotes]]"
by:
  - "[[J.R.R. Tolkien]]"
related:
  - "[[Lord of the Rings (1937-49)]]"
  - "[[The Joy of Thinking + The Rise of the Note-maker 🎤]]"
created: 2023-11-26
year: 1954
rank: 5
---

This quote comes up again and again as the purest counterpoint to toxic productivity.

## Full quote
> “All that is gold does not glitter,  
> Not all those who wander are lost;  
> The old that is strong does not wither,  
> Deep roots are not reached by the frost. 
> 
> From the ashes a fire shall be woken,  
> A light from the shadows shall spring;  
> Renewed shall be blade that was broken, 
> The crownless again shall be king.”
> 
> ― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

  
