Quotes about light
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 morality virtue
In what light soever we regard the Bible, whether with reference to revelation, to history, or to morality, it is an invaluable and inexhaustible mine of knowledge and virtue. John Quincy Adams
light umpires safe
And I will place within them as a guide My umpire conscience, whom if they will hear Light after light well used they shall attain, And to the end persisting, safe arrive. John Milton
light envy shining
When the new light which we beg for shines in upon us, there be [those] who envy and oppose, if it come not first in at their casements.
light waiting darkness
This horror will grow mild, this darkness light; Besides what hope the never-ending flight Of future days may bring, what chance, what change Worth waiting--since our present lot appears For happy though but ill, for ill not worst, If we procure not to ourselves more woe.
light holy hail
Hail holy light, offspring of heav'n firstborn!
light sacred influence
The sacred influence of light appears.
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.
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 darkening candle
He who lights his [candle] at mine receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson
light loses candle
A candle loses nothing when it lights another candle.
light government able
Government that is open and honest will always be able to withstand the light of day. Rick Perry
light creative matter
A word is no light matter. Words have with truth been called fossil poetry, each, that is, a symbol of a creative thought. Edith Hamilton
light people important
I sometimes say to people, "I am a window frame - no more. The window frame is not that important. What is important is the light that comes through the window. Eckhart Tolle
light darkness want
The light is too painful for someone who wants to remain in darkness.
light suffering world
You are the light of the world. You are the consciousness that illuminates the world. Know yourself as that, and that's freedom, liberation, awakening, the end of suffering and madness. And it's happening right here.
light market pass recently sold
The market has sold off so much recently that a little consolidation in light of the coupon pass isn't necessarily surprising.
light age cost
It offended his sense of himself, because he was an individual from an age of individuals, and a string of lights was, like him, an individual thing. No matter how little the thing had cost, to throw it away was to deny its value... Jonathan Franzen
light worry might
I had no sense of any reputation that What a Carve Up! might acquire - at the time I didnt even have a publisher, so my main worry was whether it was even going to see the light of day or not. Jonathan Coe
light perfection excellence
Because God is not only infinitely greater and more excellent than all other being, but he is the head of the universal system of existence; the foundation and fountain of all being and all beauty; from whom all is perfectly derived, and on whom all is most absolutely and perfectly dependent; of whom, and through whom, and to whom is all being and all perfection; and whose being and beauty are, as it were, the sum and comprehension of all existence and excellence: much more than the sun is the fountain and summary comprehension of all the light and brightness of the day. Jonathan Edwards
light mind world
Christ is the true light of the world; it is through him alone that true wisdom is imparted to the mind.
light giving dimensions
You have the possibility to give light a dimension in time. Jonas Mekas
light darkness darkness-to-light
Jon passes from Darkness to Light, Jon Lord
light darkness strange
Strange: how when a light is extinguished, it's immediately as if it has never been. Darkness fills in again, complete. Joyce Carol Oates
light albums want
I don't want the big flashing lights and red carpet, like, "Here comes another Bon Iver album!" I just want it to be my bedroom-y thing. But that'll take a while to figure out. Justin Vernon
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
lightning affection economy
The affections are like lightning: you cannot tell where they will strike till they have fallen. Lee Iacocca
light brain levels
Introvert, her brain responds with a high level of activity, it is as if several lights start flashing on a control panel. Laurie Helgoe
light discovery order
Reasoning is compared to understanding as movement is to rest, or acquisition to possession.... Since movement always proceeds from something immovable, and ends in something at rest, hence it is that human reasoning, in the order of inquiry and discovery, proceeds from certain things absolutely understood--namely, the first principles; and, again, in the order of judgment, returns by analysis to first principles, in the light of which it examines what it has found. Now it is clear that rest and movement are not to be referred to different powers, but to one and the same. Thomas Aquinas
light heavy fearful
God's precepts are light to the loving, heavy to the fearful.
light darkness shadow
A shadow is never created in darkness. It is born of light. We can be blind to it and blinded by it. Our shadow asks us to look at what we don’t want to see Terry Tempest Williams