Quotes about light
light hands grace
Without turning on the light, I went to my bed and lay down, my arm thrown across the mattress, my hand aching because Grace wasn't underneath it Maggie Stiefvater
light self years
Inside the house, I turned on the kitchen light, revealing the photographs stuck every which way all over the cabinets, and then switched on the hall light. In my head, I heard Beck say to my small nine-year-old self, 'Why do we need every light in the house on? Are you signaling to aliens?
light flames forever
We each have a special something we can get only at a special time of our life. like a small flame. A careful, fortunate few cherish that flame, nurture it, hold it as a torch to light their way. But once that flame goes out, it’s gone forever. Haruki Murakami
light giving benefits
Give yourself five minutes to consider how you can turn a miserable situation to your benefit and that light bulb is going to click on.
light long-ago evil
Where there is light, there must be shadow, where there is shadow there must be light. There is no shadow without light and no light without shadow.... We do not know if the so-called Little People are good or evil. This is, in a sense, something that surpasses our understanding and our definitions. We have lived with them since long, long ago-- from a time before good and evil even existed, when people's minds were still benighted.
light wife sun
There is no gilding of setting sun or glamor of poetry to light up the ferocious and endless toil of the farmers' wives. Hamlin Garland
light giving suffering
Light sufferings give us leisure to complain. John Dryden
light gone moments
By the time I recognize this moment, this moment will be gone. . . But I will bend the light, pretend that it somehow lingered on John Mayer
light the-end-of-the-day able
You gotta be able to explain things to yourself when the lights go off and you get in the bed. You gotta deal with you at the end of the day.
lightning moments minutes
The rattling thunderbolt hath but his clap, the lightning but his flash, and as they both come in a moment, so do they both end in a minute. John Lyly
light want language
When I go to photograph somebody, they say, "What do you want me to do?" Those are the most frightening words in the English language. I want to say, "Please, go over into good light and do something unusual. John Loengard
light want-something interesting
If you want something to look interesting, don’t light all of it.
light magic way
The magic of the music seems to light the way. John Lennon
light views civilization
To view an object in the proper light we must stand away from it. The study of the classical literatures gives the aloofness which cultivates insight. In learning to live with peoples and civilizations that have long ceased to be alive, we gain a vantage point, acquire an enlargement and elevation of thought, which enable us to study with a more impartial and liberal mind the condition of the society around us. John Lancaster Spalding
light soul matter
If we attempt to sink the soul in matter, its light is quenched.
light goes-on building
The one thing you can bet is that spying is never over. Spying is like the wiring in this building: It's just a question of who takes it over and switches on the lights. It will go on and on and on. John le Carre
light london matter
I started noticing how stained the pavements are in London. The pavements in Beverly Hills aren't used; in London, they're used for everything. It doesn't matter how much they're cleaned, they still reflect light Julie Christie
light people negativity
So many people dwell on negativity and I've survived by ignoring it: it dims your light and it's harder each time to turn the power up again. Judith Jamison
light east lamps
God [is] not the exclusive property of any one tradition. The divine light [cannot] be confined to a single lamp, belonging to the East or the West, but enlightens all human beings. Karen Armstrong
light darkness soul
Because love was a light that wouldn't allow darkness to reign in his soul. Karen Kingsbury
light people shining
You need to get down among the people who are the dirtiest and dustiest, and the depravity, and you need to see Christ's light shining there.
light historical evaluate
Now, whenever you read any historical document, you always evaluate it in light of the historical context. Josh McDowell
light self cherish
It is something great and greatening to cherish an ideal; to act in the light of truth that is far-away and far above; to set aside the near advantage, the momentary pleasure; the snatching of seeming good to self; and to act for remoter ends, for higher good, and for interests other than our own. Joshua Chamberlain
light darkness curse
I'm looking for someone who will light candles, not just curse the darkness. Joshua Harris
light action innocence
Virtue is not to be considered in the light of mere innocence, or abstaining from harm; but as the exertion of our faculties in doing good. Joseph Butler
light hair singing
My singing is part of me, like my stoutness, or my light hair, or my poor eyesight. Kate Smith
light secret letters
For it is said, you know, that a letter will always seek a reader; that sooner or later, like it or not, words have a way of finding the light, of making their secrets known. Kate Morton
light rags
In our rags of light, all dressed to kill. Leonard Cohen
light trouble wave
The troubles came and I saved what I could save. A thread of light, a particle, a wave.
light cracks attention
Pay attention to the cracks, because that's where the light gets in.
light practice giving
Why do bad things happen? For pedagogical reasons, so that we can experience the power of Allah, catch a glimpse of Hell and fear it, so that we can practice seeking refuge in Him and, when relief comes give thanks to His mercy. Darkness was created so that, like plants, we could yearn and turn to the light. Leila Aboulela
light walks
The old he-coon walks just before the light of day. Lawton Chiles
light addiction drug
Drugs are not the way to the light. They won't lead to a fairy-tale life, they lead to suffering. Layne Staley