Quotes About Light

Forgiveness is my function as the light of the world.

In the dark, glitter is nothing but sand.

Nothing travels faster than the speed of light. Nothing, that is, with the possible exception of bad news, which obeys its own special laws.

Happiness is the sunshine of the soul.

What is joy? A sunbeam between two clouds.

My heart grows light so fast that I could mount a grasshopper and gallop around the world, and not fatigue him any!

Our hearts are lamps for ever burning...

Let the rays of your heart shine on all who pass by.

...Lost in your heart, lost in your eyes Lost every day, no map to follow Entire days, weeks, a blur Flickers of light, in the darkness, Only to be enveloped in shadows once more...

God! what a light has passed away from earth Since my last look!... How beautiful the yesterday that stood Over me like a rainbow! I am alone. The past is past. I see the future stretch All dark and barren as a rainy sea.

Hope is much like a cat in the Dark — you only know it's there by the reflection of its eyes — which means there is Light nearby.

It was bewildering. He was sprawling through solidity. And ever the light grew brighter. Fear urged him to go back, but growth drove him on.

Life was to him like strong, white light that hurts the tired eyes of a sick person.

Instinct and law demanded of him obedience. But growth demanded disobedience. His mother and fear impelled him to keep away from the white wall. Growth is life, and life is for ever destined to make for light. So there was no damming up the tide of life that was rising within him—rising with every mouthful of meat he swallowed, with every breath he drew. In the end, one day, fear and obedience were swept away by the rush of life, and the cub straddled and sprawled toward the entrance.

It was illumination, a great light in the darkness of his ignorance, and he read poetry more avidly than ever.

To the furthest reach of my memory, Rogol Domedonfors ruled the city. He knew lore of all ages, secrets of fire and light, gravity and countergravity, the knowledge of superphysic numeration, metathasm, corolopsis.

Somewhere there is mystery. It impels one to theosophy: to the worship of a space-god, or a god of light." "Theory dissolves the mystery, though it lays bare a cryptic new stratum. Quite likely there is an endless set of these layers, mystery below mystery.

Fear and lies fester in darkness. The truth may wound, but it cuts clean.

If her soul were a room, it was as if a light were now shinning in a corner that had been dark.

We must bring light to the darkened room, Maisie. Maurice's voice echoed down the years, and it was as if he were with her. Knowledge is the light. Information is the light. Come out of the darkness one lamp at a time. Paint your picture of what came to pass question by question—and remember, some are never meant to be answered because the response closes the door to knowledge you most want and need.

We must bring light to the darkened room, Maisie. Maurice's voice echoed down the years, and it was as if he were with her. Knowledge is the light. Information is the light. Come out of the darkness one lamp at a time. Paint your picture of what came to pass question by question—and remember, some are never meant to be answered because the response closes the door to knowledge you most want and

about putting on the light in a dark room. He told me that when we keep secrets they grow inside us, and we can't see the truth of them anymore.

In your mercy, Lord, give them rest. When you come to judge the living and the dead, give them rest. Eternal rest grant to them, O Lord, And let perpetual light shine upon them; in your mercy, Lord. Give them rest.

Just because the circumstances might be almost intolerable does not mean there are not moments when the light shines in.