Quotes about light
light sight flames
A dungeon horrible, on all sides round, As one great furnace, flamed; yet from those flames No light, but rather darkness visible Serv'd only to discover sights of woe, Regions of sorrow, doleful shades, where peace And rest can never dwell, hope never comes That comes to all; but torture without end. John Milton
light choices taste
What neat repast shall feast us, light and choice, Of Attic taste?
light may enjoy
He that hath light within their own breast, may sit in the centre and enjoy bright day.
light return earth
There swift return Diurnal, merely to officiate light Round this opacous earth, this punctual spot.
light green-plants mind-blowing
Curiously, light-loving green plants reject the Sun's green light, reflecting it back at you, which is why they look green. Neil deGrasse Tyson
light long sun
If the Sun exploded, we wouldn't know about it for 8 minutes and 20 seconds. Light and gravity take that long to reach us. Then we would vaporize.
light-years identity purpose
In any case, the leading edge of our "on purpose" radio signals is 30 light-years away and, if intercepted, may mend the aliens' image of us based on the radio bubble of our television shows. But this will happen only if the aliens can somehow determine which type of signal comes closer to the truth of who we are, and what our cosmic identity deserves to be.
light religion world
We should not ask, ‘What is wrong with the world?’ for that diagnosis has already been given. Rather we should ask, “What has happened to salt and light? John Stott
light lasts tone
If you begin with the middle-tone and work up from it toward the darks so that you deal last with your highest lights and darkest darks, you avoid false accents. John Singer Sargent
light my-own
I am not my own light unto myself. Nicolas Malebranche
light tree world
Nothing ever seems too bad, too hard or too sad when you've got a Christmas tree in the living room. All those presents under it, all that anticipation. Just a way of saying there's always light and hope in the world. Nora Roberts
light soul doe
[F]or contemporary judgment does not recognize that much depth of soul is needed to light up the picture drawn from contemptible life and elevate it into a pearl of creation... Nikolai Gogol
light fire evil
Lions and Lambs, love and force, light and fire, good and evil: all things climb the same mountain, the mountain of God. Nikos Kazantzakis
light circles names
We have seen the highest circle of spiraling powers. We have named this circle God. We might have given it any other name we wished: Abyss, Mystery, Absolute Darkness, Absolute Light, Matter, Spirit, Ultimate Hope, Ultimate Despair, Silence.
light darkness duty
I felt this was my duty ... to draw the thick ancestral darkness out of my loins and transform it ... into light.
lightning seduction force
It is difficult to resist a force of nature, Maman. His seduction is like all my senses struck by bolts of lightning. Nicole Jordan
light gold glitter
Through the lights cameras and action, glamour glitters and gold I unfold the scroll, plant seeds to stampede the globe... Nas
light persons guiding-light
I am definitely a spiritually centered person and that is usually one of my biggest guiding lights beyond music. Nadia Ali
light darkness doe
Light does not come from light, but from darkness. Mircea Eliade
light add hue
Every hue throughout your work is altered by every touch you add in other places. John Ruskin
light darkness shadow
The sculptor must paint with his chisel; half his touches are not to realize, but to put power into, the form. They are touches of light and shadow, and raise a ridge, or sink a hollow, not to represent an actual ridge or hollow, but to get a line of light, or a spot of darkness.
light tunnels people
Politicians are people who, when they see light at the end of the tunnel, go out and buy some more tunnel. John Quinton
light perfection pursuit
The pursuit of perfection, then, is the pursuit of sweetness and light. Matthew Arnold
light mind mock
Mind is a light which the Gods mock us with, To lead those false who trust it.
light air color
The hard part is how to plan a picture so as to give to others what has happened to you. To render in paint an experience, to suggest the sense of light and color, of air and space. Maxfield Parrish
light buoyancy comedy
Romantic comedies are built to be light. They're built for a certain buoyancy. Matthew McConaughey
light turns constant
Light is constant, we just turn over in it. Marilynne Robinson
light way stage
Getting on stage and performing and standing under lights is such an unsettling experience - in a good and bad way - but it's the only place I can go to feel comfortable. Matt Berninger
light self hands
But there were too many points at which the other self could invade the self he wanted to preserve, and there were too many forms of invasion: certain words, sounds, lights, actions his hands or feet performed, and if he did nothing at all, heard and saw nothing, the shouting of some triumphant inner voice that shocked him and cowed him. Patricia Highsmith
light poetry able
for a poet is a light and winged thing, and holy, and never able to compose until he has become inspired, and is beside himself, and reason is no longer in him. Plato
light mind oracles
For the poet is a light winged and holy thing, and there is no invention in him until he has been inspired and is out of his senses and the mind is no longer with him. When he has not attained this state he is powerless and unable to utter his oracles.
light giving doe
I'm so glad I'm not a dentist. How many times does someone say, 'Oh, Doc, it felt so good when you were drilling my teeth'? Never. But when you give someone a wonderful cookie, you put a little of yourself in, and you see someone's face light up - that's immediate approval. Paula Deen
light patriotism want
I want to light the lights of patriotism. Lech Walesa