Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.
—Helen Keller (1880–1968) American Author
Sadness flies on the wings of the morning and out of the heart of darkness comes the light.
—Jean Giraudoux (1882–1944) French Novelist, Playwright, Essayist
A warrior of the light…never confuses tension with anxiety.
—Paulo Coelho (b.1947) Brazilian Songwriter, Novelist
Let there be many windows to your soul, that all the glory of the world may beautify it.
—Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1850–1919) American Poet, Journalist
Alas! must it ever be so?
Do we stand in our own light, wherever we go,
And fight our own shadows forever?
—Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton (1803–73) British Novelist, Poet, Politician
Ring the bells that still can ring. Forget your perfect offering. There is a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in.
—Leonard Cohen (1934–2016) Canadian Singer, Songwriter, Poet, Novelist
Lighthouses are more helpful than churches.
—Benjamin Franklin (1706–90) American Political Leader, Inventor, Diplomat
You are goodness and mercy and compassion and understanding. You are peace and joy and light. You are forgiveness and patience, strength and courage, a helper in time of need, a comforter in time of sorrow, a healer in time of injury, a teacher in times of confusion. You are the deepest wisdom and the highest truth; the greatest peace and the grandest love. You are these things. And in moments of your life you have known yourself to be these things. Choose now to know yourself as these things always.
—Neale Donald Walsch (b.1943) American Spiritual Writer
Light is good from whatever lamp it shines.
—Unknown
The hero is the one who kindles a great light in the world, who sets up blazing torches in the dark streets of life for men to see by. The saint is the man who walks through the dark paths of the world, himself a light.
—Felix Adler (1851–1933) German-Born American Philosopher
Into my heart’s night
Along a narrow way
I groped; and lo! the light,
An infinite land of day.
—Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi (1207–73) Persian Muslim Mystic
Only he who handles his ideas lightly is master of his ideas, and only he who is master of his ideas is not enslaved by them.
—Lin Yutang (1895–1976) Chinese Author, Philologist
Inside my empty bottle I was constructing a lighthouse while all the others were making ships.
—Charles Simic (1938–2023) Serbian-American Poet
Light came to me when I realized that I did not have to consider any racial group as a whole. God made them duck by duck and that was the only way I could see them.
—Zora Neale Hurston (1891–1960) American Novelist
The cradle rocks above an abyss, and common sense tells us that our existence is but a brief crack of light between two eternities of darkness.
—Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977) Russian-born American Novelist
When Alexander the Great visited Diogenes and asked whether he could do anything for the famed teacher, Diogenes replied, “Only stand out of my light.” Perhaps some day we shall know how to heighten creativity. Until then, one of the best things we can do for creative men and women is to stand out of their light.
—John W. Gardner (1912–2002) American Activist
Of the delights of this world, man cares most for sexual intercourse, yet he has left it out of his heaven.
—Mark Twain (1835–1910) American Humorist
The light shines in the darkness and the darkness comprehended it not.
—The Holy Bible Scripture in the Christian Faith
Even a small star shines in the darkness.
—Finnish Proverb
The reason angels can fly is because they take themselves lightly.
—G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936) English Journalist, Novelist, Essayist, Poet
When the soul of a man is born in this country there are nets flown at it to hold it back from flight.
—James Joyce (1882–1941) Irish Novelist, Poet
Hail! holy light, offspring of heaven, first born!
—John Milton (1608–74) English Poet, Civil Servant, Scholar, Debater
Light thinks it travels faster than anything but it is wrong. No matter how fast light travels, it finds the darkness has always got there first, and is waiting for it.
—Terry Pratchett (1948–2015) English Fantasy Writer
Fear grows in darkness; if you think there’s a bogeyman around, turn on the light.
—Dorothy Thompson (1893–1961) American Journalist, Radio Commentator
In the beginning there was nothing. God said, “Let there be light!” And there was light. There was still nothing, but you could see it a whole lot better.
—Ellen DeGeneres (b.1958) American Comedian, Television Host
Walk in the light and thou shalt see thy path, though thorny, bright; for God, by grace, shall dwell in thee, and God himself is light.
—Bernard Barton (1784–1849) English Quaker Poet, Writer
Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart.
—Kahlil Gibran (1883–1931) Lebanese-American Philosopher, Poet, Sculptor
Truly, it is in darkness that one finds the light, so when we are in sorrow, then this light is nearest to all of us.
—Meister Eckhart (c.1260–1327) German Christian Mystic
Life always gives us exactly the teacher we need at every moment. This includes every mosquito, every misfortune, every red light, every traffic jam, every obnoxious supervisor (or employee), every illness, every loss, every moment of joy or depression, every addiction, every piece of garbage, every breath. Every moment is the guru.
—Joko Beck (1917–2011) American Zen Teacher
There is a muscular energy in sunlight corresponding to the spiritual energy of wind.
—Annie Dillard (b.1945) Essayist, Novelist, Poet, Naturalist, Mystic
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