Quotes About Darkness

That's what being Jewish is: summoning the means to question who you are and how you have behaved. Have you remained alight in the darkness of cruel wishes,..? Have you forgiven? Have you lived up to the standards of your one and only heart?

Guilt was the sooty air we breathed these days.

Daffy'emu przeszÅ'o przez myÅ›l, ?e najgorsza cz??? ludzkiej natury mogÅ'a z Å'atwoÅ›ciÄ… wzi?? górÄ™ i uderzy? w najmniej spodziewanym momencie. Nawet najbardziej Å›wiatÅ'y czÅ'owiek miaÅ' niewielkÄ… wÅ'adzÄ™ nad czajÄ…cÄ… siÄ™ w nim ciemnoÅ›ciÄ….

It came to Daffy then, how easily the worst in oneself could rise up and strike a blow. How even the most enlightened man had little power over his own darkness.

We ought to get the RSPCA after them. It's cruel to push dogs through coal-holes and leave them there in the darkness. For all we know they have no food or drink.

We all live in darkness, kept apart from each other by walls easily crossed but full of fake doors . . . --from the poem Epilogue (David Unger translation)

When you've come face-to-face with the dark side of the school yard, life doesn't hold many surprises.

In dieser Nacht würde Geschichte geschrieben. Und es war nicht die erhebende Art von Geschichte wie bei der Entdeckung der Radioaktivität oder dem ersten Mann auf dem Mond, sondern die finstere Art à la spanische Inquisition oder Absturz der Hindenburg. Finster für Menschen und Unterirdische. Finster für alle.

Ik weet het nog goed,' begon Wurm melodramatisch. 'Het was een donkere nacht.

the ultimate despair.

Humm humm haa. Rahmumm humm haa,' chantte Opal ter afronding. 'Vrede in mij, verdraagzaamheid om mij heen, vergeving op mijn pad. Goed Mervall, laat maar zien waar die smerige mens zit, zodat ik hem zijn eigen organen kan laten opvreten.

Do not get too attached to life] for it is like a sailor's leave on the shore and at any time, the captain may sound the horn, calling you back to eternal darkness.

If heaven may be found here and now, then heaven cannot be merely found in the absence of struggle as most of us assume, but in the very heart of our struggles. If Jesus' message is true, then our deepest challenges may offer our most profound opportunities. Heaven is found in the Dark Wood!

No sabemos a dónde vamos, sino tan sólo que la historia nos ha llevado hasta este punto y -si los lectores comparten el planteamiento de este libro- por qué. Sin embargo, una cosa está clara: si la humanidad ha de tener un futuro, no será prolongando el pasado o el presente. Si intentamos construir el tercer milenio sobre estas bases, fracasaremos. Y el precio del fracaso, esto es, la alternativa a una sociedad transformada, es la oscuridad

Le besoin de comprendre ne se résume pas à un appétit de rationalité, c'est le besoin de se rassurer en identifiant les ténèbres, en mettant de l'ordre dans le chaos.

Le mal est un mystère plus profond que le bien car, dans le bien, il y a une lumière, un dynamisme, une affirmation de la vie. Comment peut-on choisir l'obscur.

Nevoia de a înÈ›elege nu e doar o înclinaÈ›ie c?tre raÈ›ionalitate, ci nevoia de a g?si liniÈ™tea identificând tenebrele, punând ordine în haos.

Znów idÄ™ ciemnym korytarzem. Na podeÅ›cie dociera do mnie, co od niedawna przypomina mi to miejsce: mieszkanie ma taki sam rozkÅ'ad jak moje, pokoje w amfiladzie, biurko w gÅ'Ä™bi. Jest niejako jego pustym bli?niakiem. Zabawne...

If one candle is brought into an absolutely dark room, the darkness disappears, and there is light. But if ten or a hundred or a thousand candles are added, the room will become brighter and brighter. Yet the decisive change was brought about by the first candle which penetrated the darkness.57

It was dark inside that box. Not the blackness of night, but a complete absence of light.

You can't fight evil in the dark, Sarah. The only way you can truly defeat it is to bring it into the light.

Killers were his raison d'être.

Those who cannot be aggressive are hunted down while they shiver and hide because the night is dark.

Only in our darkest hour do we find the light. Humans are destructive by nature. The world is lacking balance. Terrors are beginning to triumph over the simple joys. Stand back and watch, because you're going to be here when we fall.