Quotes about light
light giving special
I find myself frequently placed where I dare give neither assent nor dissent to propositions that are submitted to me; for there is danger that any words I may speak shall be reported as something that the Lord has given me. It is not always safe for me to express my own judgment; for sometimes when someone wishes to carry out his own purpose, he will regard any favorable word I may speak as special light from the Lord Ellen G. White
light may looks
We must hold fast to the truths which we have already received; we must not look with suspicion upon any new light that God may send.
light space perfect
The great controversy is ended. Sin and sinners are no more. The entire universe is clean. One pulse of harmony and gladness beats through the vast creation. From Him who created all, flow life and light and gladness, throughout the realms of illimitable space. From the minutest atom to the greatest world, all things, animate and inanimate, in their unshadowed beauty and perfect joy, declare that God is love.
light people shining
God requires his people to shine as lights in the world. It is not merely the ministers who are required to do this, but every disciple of Christ. Their conversation should be heavenly.
light clicks
Beauty is just a light switch away...'click!' Beauty is not caused. It is. Emily Dickinson
light solitude tears
I would paint a portrait which would bring the tears, had I canvas for it, and the scene should be -- solitude, and the figures -- solitude -- and the lights and shades, each a solitude.
light goes-on poet
The poet lights the light and fades away. But the light goes on and on.
light genius hats
PHOSPHORESCENCE. Now there's a word to lift your hat to... to find that phosphorescence, that light within, that's the genius behind poetry.
light pieces
All the pieces are in place. There's light at the end of the tunnel.
light preserved raise restore salvation servant thee thou tribes unto
And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.
light shining desire
Shakespeare reveals human nature brilliantly: he shines a light on our instinctive desire to dominate each other. Edward T. Hall
lightning strikes steppenwolf
A mere nothing suffices — and the lightning strikes. Hermann Hesse
light age gone
They are all gone into the world of light, and I alone sit lingering here. Henry Vaughan
light years white
O little souls! as pure as white And crystalline as rays of light Direct from heaven, their source divine; Refracted through the mist of years, How red my setting sun appears, How lurid looks this soul of mine! Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
light color feels
It is with color that you render light, though you must also feel this light, have it within yourself. Henri Matisse
light effort cost
I have always tried to hide my efforts and wished my works to have a light joyousness of springtime which never lets anyone suspect the labors it has cost me.
light knowing clouds
So I am praying while not knowing how to pray. I am resting while feeling restless, at peace while tempted, safe while still anxious, surrounded by a cloud of light while still in darkness, in love while still doubting. Henri Nouwen
light becoming becoming-more
When we keep claiming the light, we will find ourselves becoming more and more radiant.
light white perfection
Imperialism has now reached a degree of almost scientific perfection. It uses White workers to conquer the non-white workers of The Colonies. Then, it hurls the non-white workers of one colony against those of another non-white colony. Finally, it relies on the Colored workers of the colonies to rule the White workers. Recently, White French soldiers near mutiny in the occupied Ruhr of Germany, were surrounded by French African soldiers, and colored native light-infantry were sent against White German strikers... Ho Chi Minh
light literature bears
How easily some light report is set about, but how difficult to bear. Hesiod
light evil nicknames
There is also an evil report; light, indeed, and easy to raise, but difficult to carry, and still more difficult to get rid of.
light blue dragons
On the waves of the brook she dances by, The light, the lovely dragon-fly; She dances here, she dances there, The shimmering, glimmering flutterer fair. And many a foolish young beetle's impressed By the blue gauze gown in which she is dressed; They admire the enamel that decks her bright, And her elegant waist so slim and slight... Heinrich Heine
light batteries firsts
Ewan McGregor and I had very similar first-time light sabre experiences. We both burned ourselves! These things are hot - they're full of batteries! Hayden Christensen
light heaven may
And now we beseech of Thee that we may have every day some such sense of God's mercy and of the power of God about us, as we have of the fullness of the light of heaven before us. Henry Ward Beecher
light errors darkness
The clearest window that ever was fashioned if it is barred by spiders' webs, and hung over with carcasses of insects, so that the sunlight has forgotten to find its way through, of what use can it be? Now, the Church is God's window; and if it is so obscured by errors that its light is darkness, how great is that darkness!
light soul feelings
The rarest feeling that ever lights a human face is the contentment of a loving soul.
lighthouse coast harbors
Scepticism is a barren coast, without a harbor or lighthouse.
light darkness causes
That taxes may be the ostensible cause is true, but that they are the true cause is as far remote from truth as light from darkness. Henry Knox
light turns turn-off
Kidd, turn off the light to spare my blushes. Henry James
light mind literature
He valued life and literature equally for the light they threw upon each other; to his mind one implied the other; he was unable to conceive of them apart.
light way form
I am undecided whether or not the Milky Way is but one of countless others all of which form an entire system. Perhaps the light from these infinitely distant galaxies is so faint that we cannot see them. Johann Heinrich Lambert
light giving wish
He who always seeks more light the more he finds, and finds more the more he seeks, is one of the few happy mortals who take and give in every point of time. The tide and ebb of giving and receiving is the sum of human happiness, which he alone enjoys who always wishes to acquire new knowledge, and always finds it. Johann Kaspar Lavater
light color joy
Colors are light's suffering and joy Johann Wolfgang von Goethe