Quotes about light
light talking
I don't like the act of talking; it makes me slightly light-headed. Hugh Laurie
light satisfaction results
It amazes me when I hear any person prefer blindness to deafness. Such a person must have a terrible dread of being alone. Blindness makes one totally dependent on others, and deprives us of every satisfaction that results from light. Horace Walpole
light shining
Amiability shines by its own light. Horace
light faces causes
On the face of it, it must be a bad cause which will not bear discussion. Truth seeks light instead of shunning it. Horace Mann
lightning location rod
I don't like the idea of having a lightning rod by the water. I think the location is bad. I don't think it should be around the school. Mike Malone
light vegetables oil
Within my own life, I read all the beloved novels by lamps of vegetable oil; I saw the Standard Oil invading my own village, I saw gas lamps in the Chinese shops in Shanghai; and I saw their elimination by electric lights. Hu Shih
light shining noble
Conviction brings a silent, indefinable beauty into faces made of the commonest human clay; the devout worshiper at any shrine reflects something of its golden glow, even as the glory of a noble love shines like a sort of light from a woman's face. Honore de Balzac
light originals
There is nothing original; all is reflected light.
light diets
Hope is a light diet, but very stimulating.
light want ifs
It's extremely seldom that anybody wants me to change what I've written about them. Generally I portray them in a good light, if they're friends Harvey Pekar
light literature appreciated
Beckett had an unerring light on things, which I much appreciated. Harold Pinter
light film performances
I can't let in the light.It will destroy my performance like light destroys film James Dean
light tunnels track
The optimist sees a light at the end of the tunnel, the realist sees a train entering the tunnel, the pessimist sees a train speeding at him, hell for leather, and the machinist sees three idiots sitting on the rail track. "The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds; the pessimist fears this is true." James Branch Cabell
light shade should
In every picture there should be shade as well as light. James Boswell
light saws herbs
In this light my spirit suddenly saw through all, and in and by all creatures, even in herbs and grass it knew God, who he is, and how he is, and what his will is: And suddenly in that light my will was set on by a mighty impulse, to describe the being of God.
light rose vision
Roses bloom, and then they wither; Cheeks are bright, then fade and die; Shapes of light are wafted hither, Then, like visions, hurry by. James Gates Percival
light darkness looks
He who never looks up to a living God, to a heavenly presence, loses the power of perceiving that presence, and the universe slowly turns into a dead machine, clashing and grinding on, without purpose or end. If the light within us be darkness, how great is that darkness! James Freeman Clarke
light blue ice
I turn and I look back across the lake. The mist is gone and the ice diminished, the drip of the icicles quick and heavy. The sun is up and the sky is blue empty blue light blue clear blue. I would drink the sky if I could drink it, drink it and celebrate it and let it fill me and become me. I am getting better. Empty and clear and light and blue. I am getting better. James Frey
lightning
Struck by lightning! Struck by lightning! J. R. R. Tolkien
light fire-within yellow
But Sam turned to Bywater, and so came back up the Hill, as day was ending once more. And he went on, and there was yellow light, and fire within; and the evening meal was ready, and he was expected. And Rose drew him in, and set him in his chair, and put little Elanor upon his lap. He drew a deep breath. ‘Well, I’m back,’ he said
light keys shining
Stand by the grey stone when the thrush knocks, and the setting sun with the last light of Durin’s Day will shine upon the key-hole.
light shadow-of-death joy
Among the tales of sorrow and of ruin that came down to us from the darkness of those days there are yet some in which amid weeping there is joy and under the shadow of death light that endures. And of these histories most fair still in the ears of the Elves is the tale of Beren and Lúthien
light squares black
To fairy flutes, As the light advances, In square black boots The cabman dances. J. B. Morton
light miracle world
You are the light of the world. You are an instrument of the Divine. You are the greatest miracle in the world. Life is graced by your presence. Iyanla Vanzant
light favors steps
Be patient with yourself. Be gentle with yourself. Know that all things are working in your favor. If you take one step toward the light of Spirit, Spirit will take five steps on your behalf.
light waiting feelings
He is spent. His mind is mercury again, its brief surge of humanity melting into an oily residue on its surface, and he no longer understands the feelings he felt in that strange moment on the overpass. But he did feel them. They did happen. They rest on the murky seabed of his mind, buried under sand and silt and miles of grey waves. Patient seeds waiting for light. Isaac Marion
light moments pretending
The moment the light went out, everyone stopped pretending.
light darkness mind
In the presence of total Darkness, the mind finds it absolutely necessary to create light. Isaac Asimov
light events certainty
Once you get it into your head that somebody is controlling events, you can interpret everything in that light and find no reasonable certainty anywhere.
light darkness would-be
Life would be impossible on such a planet. It wouldn't get enough heat and light, and if it rotated there would be total darkness half of every day. There wouldn't be any native inhabitants. You couldn't expect life---which is fundamentally dependent on light---to develop under such extreme conditions of light deprivation. Half of every axial rotation spent in Darkness! No, nothing could exist under conditions like that.
light discovery illumination
[A]ll knowledge is one. When a light brightens and illuminates a corner of a room, it adds to the general illumination of the entire room. Over and over again, scientific discoveries have provided answers to problems that had no apparent connection with the phenomena that gave rise to the discovery.
light air space
The light dove, cleaving the air in her free flight, and feeling its resistance, might imagine that its flight would be still easier in empty space. Immanuel Kant
light mind melting
A sense of electrical current was part of my own experience of being manic. The sensation that my mind was spinning and overheating would sometimes build to a sensation like an electrical short - a burst of light, a melting, or dissipating - and I'd get a metallic taste in my mouth, like when you lick a battery. Ellen Forney