Quotes About Light

Christianity's job, in the words of George Fox, is to live in the "power, life, light, seed and wisdom, by which we may take away the occasion of wars.

You are the dawn, rolling back the dark until the beach glitters and the girls return with their buckets, holding hands.

In the beginning was the light and light was with life and the light was life and the earth quickened, and we came out of the ground to yearn forever and never reach the light but to tumble through generations, our skins afire with this lust for the light and we go toward the light or we go toward nothing and we become nothing. That is all.

At the center of Fred's theology of loving your neighbor was this: Every person is made in the image of God, and for that reason alone, he or she is to be valued—"appreciated," he liked to say. He believed there is sacredness in all creation—including fallen man—because of one Man, "the true light, which enlightens everyone" (John 1:9, NRSV).

All'orizzonte, le stelle erano visibili in una scia chiara contro il lucido nero e le nubi afose, all'apparenza morbide, e l'acqua nera del fiume erano un rilievo nero sul letto di luce che giocava nell'acqua, lasciando che il mondo intero, il loro mondo, divenisse un capolavoro in bianco e nero.

was daylight at the end of the tunnel. A long, lifetime of a tunnel, into the best, most glorious day.

And for a moment, Jeremy thought he was at the far end of a dark tunnel, and Aiden was the light at the end of it.

I said you were a perfect chord. You were so beautiful you made light and sound better. Looking at you, I heard the best music, the kind not even angels can play." Kelly let out what sounded to be a half-broken laugh.

A Lover" If I could catch the green lantern of the firefly I could see to write you a letter. Poetry: A Magazine of Verse 1912–22. Edited by Harriet Monroe. (Chicago: 1912–22; New York: Bartleby.com, 2011)

Nina stood there, in all her former beauty queen pageant glory, tall and slim and panther-like. Nina's dark hair always seemed to capture whatever available light there was, and her skin, much to Ellie's annoyance, was flawless. Today she was wearing a black wraparound dress that accentuated every curve and parted in just the right place to show off the best part of her legs.

WHY DOES QUININE GLOW UNDER ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT? Shine a blacklight on a bottle of tonic water and it will glow a bright radioactive blue. The quinine alkaloid is "excited" by ultraviolet light, which means that the electrons absorb the light and take on extra energy, throwing them out of their regular orbit. In order to return to their natural position—their "relaxed" state—they release the energy, causing a bright glow.

Gabriela distinguió y reconoció en esta luz una música que encendía en su mente y en su corazón cada vez que ella se descalzaba y entraba en sus sueños. Allí había un bosque, y en el bosque un Viejo Roble. Y, como otro libro, el Viejo Roble se abrió y ella vio su interior.

I was a very solitary, introverted child who got punished by being sent to a dark room quite frequently. But you cannot imagine how much I enjoyed myself in that room, and how I would look forward to being punished, because it was there that I discovered the light of darkness.

When you possess light within, you see it externally.

The duty of literature is to note what counts, and to light up what is suited to the light. If it ceases to choose and to love, it becomes like a woman who gives herself without preference.

I love reason, but my love does not make me a fanatic,' Brotteaux answered. 'Reason is our guide, a light to show us our way; but if you make a divinity of it, it will blind you and lead you into crime

There, in a livid light, the demons tormented the souls of the damned. The souls preserved the appearance of the bodies which had held them, and even wore some rags of clothing. These souls seemed peaceful in the midst of their torments.

Oh bell-dumb heart, it makes you a fool to think you were ever closer to opening up the world — to art, to breaking it apart — than those who came before. But knowing that can't make you read or breathe more slowly. Since when did you listen to anyone? To give up on motivation is to give up on the work we do with alphabet and light. It's not enough to hunt or haunt our parents' hearts; we must occupy our own.

It is more or less a given that nothing is less favorable to clairvoyance than the bright sun: physical light and mental light coexist on very poor terms.

Kas myli, skleidžia kitam savo vidaus "aš" švies? tik?damasis išvysti tos šviesos atspind?.

No se asocien íntimamente con los que son incrédulos. ¿Cómo puede la justicia asociarse con la maldad? ¿Cómo puede la luz vivir con las tinieblas? ¿Qué armonía puede haber entre Cristo y el diablo? ¿Cómo puede un creyente asociarse con un incrédulo?».11

to poke its umbrella tip in the mud of the electric light

The philosophical grail to shine analytical light on the conceptual darkness only distorts the forms of life otherwise flourishing there.

In grammar school he'd had an old priest as his religion teacher. "Truth is light," the priest had said one day. Montalbano, never very studious, had been a mischievous pupil, always sitting in the last row. "So that must mean that if everyone in the family tells the truth, they save on the electric bill.