Quotes About Light

There are two ways to shine: to reflect light or produce it.

With absolute power, corruption and evil seep in humanity, and that evil continues to flourish as the good of humankind lies idle in darkness, hidden from the Word that brings the light. — Paul Hill Paraphrasing of Edmund Burke, John Dalberg, and John 1:1-5 quotes.

Remember me, that you shall know when you face the darkness that the light shall never die.

Abulanam's Pride emerged into a sky dominated by the heaven tree of a stellar nursery. Billowing thunderheads and swirling currents of sooty dust, silicate grains and gas aglow with the radiation of hot bright stars embedded in them. Ragged pillars, shaped by light and stellar winds, clawing across a dozen light years, spalling offshoots tipped with the blowsy haloes of stars birthing in collapsing knots of protostellar material. A vast, violent engine of creation.

And when the night is cloudy, there is still a light that shines on me. Shine until tomorrow, let it be

And when the night is cloudy There is still a light That shines on me Shine on till tomorrow, Let It Be...

Our painters, too, have seen the light / where water meets the sky / Cadmium red. Titanium white. / How often have they vied / for supremacy in the air?

Whether the challenge is political or personal, effective remedies differ from individual to individual. But solutions always involve altering perspective, replacing tunnel vision with an expanded view that lets in more light and more possibilities—the oxygen upon which hope thrives.

Darling, my darling-- have you ever been to a picnic? And someone blows up a balloon, and everyone starts tossing it around? And the balloon drifts and it catches the light, and it's always just about to touch the ground, but someone always gets there just in time, to tap it back up. That balloon-- that's God. The very best in all of us.

The train was sunlit and emptier.

All that light, instead of giving an impression of warmth and activity, merely exposed its emptiness in a deadening blaze.

Speed now illuminates reality whereas light once gave objects of the world their shape.

A thin watery sun laid its gunmetal shine on the country below.

Was that all my love was, all it meant? So light, so easily gone and forgotten? Is solace that simple? And solace is not even the right word: I'm happy.

Love is a trap. When it appears, we see only its light, not its shadows.

I'm afraid of love, because it involves things that are beyond our understanding; it sheds such a brilliant light, but the shadow it casts frightens me.

The Warrior of the Light is a believer. Because he believes in miracles, miracles begin to happen. Because he is sure that his thoughts can change his life, his life begins to change. Because he is certain that he will find love, love appears.

No one lights a lamp in order to hide it behind the door: the purpose of light is to create more light, to open people's eyes, to reveal the marvels around.

Just as your hand has the power to hide the sun, mediocrity has the power to hide your inner light. Do not blame others for your own incompetence.

If what you found was made from pure matter, it will never spoil. And you can come back one day. If it was just one moment of light, like the explosion of a star, you will find nothing on your return. But you would have seen an explosion of light. And that alone would already be worth the journey.

the darkest hour of the night came just before the dawn

Don't fear the light within. May it ignite the Sacred Flame in your soul.

So, a warrior of the light must be prepared to be patient at difficult times, and know that the Universe is conspiring in his favor, even if he does not understand how.

How does light enter a house? If the windows are open. How does light enter a human? If the door of love is open.