Quotes About Light

Whereas, our argument shows that the power and capacity of learning exists in the soul already; and that just as the eye was unable to turn from darkness to light without the whole body, so too the instrument of knowledge can only by the movement of the whole soul be turned from the world of becoming into that of being, and learn by degrees to endure the sight of being, and of the brightest and best of being, or in other words, of the good.

We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light. / Nije problem dijete koje se boji mraka; prava tragedija su odrasli koji se boje svjetla.

We can easily forget a child who is afraid of the dark. The real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.

Light is the shadow of god

Two virtues remain to be discovered in the State—first, temperance, and then justice which is the end of our search. Very true. Now, can we find justice without troubling ourselves about temperance? I do not know how that can be accomplished, he said, nor do I desire that justice should be brought to light and temperance lost sight of; and therefore I wish that you would do me the favour of considering temperance first. Certainly

We can forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.

The poet is a light and winged and holy thing, and there is no invention in him until he has been inspired and is out of his sneses, and the mind is no longer in him.

It is easy to forgive children who are afraid of the dark but the real tragedy of life is men who are afraid of the light.

Any one who has common sense will remember that the bewilderments of the eyes are of two kinds, and arise from two causes, either from coming out of the light or from going into the light, which is true of the mind's eye, quite as much as of the bodily eye;

We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy is when men are afraid of the light

You were the Morning Star among the living. In death, O Evening Star, you light the dead.

Any one who has common sense will remember that the bewilderments of the eyes are of two kinds, and arise from two causes, either from coming out of the light or from going into the light Plato Allegory of the Cave

To see the supreme which is also the means to the vision; for that which illuminates the Soul id that which is to see.

L'homme ressemble à ce qu'il contemple. Puissions-nous voir la lumière de nos vies et des êtres qui nous entourent pour en rayonner.

The path i walk lights up in flames

Of course he could see only blackness, such was the treachery of fire, which iluminated small circles by darkening the entire world.

the hot glare of evening winked into the chill glow of dusk in a heartbeat

People do not avoid the Bible because it is difficult to understand as much as because what they understand condemns their conscience and throws light on dark corners in their lives which they prefer to keep dark.

The substance inside the can was bright green. It shimmered like Jell-O in the light from the ceiling fixture.

His camera at home was just too crummy. That's why all his pictures came out too dark or too light, and everyone in them had glowing red dots in their eyes. Greg wondered if this camera was any good.

We are told to let our light shine, and if it does, we don't need to tell anybody it does. Lighthouses don't fire cannons to call attention to their shining; they just shine. —D. L. MOODY (1837–1899)

Okay, that really shouldn't have happened. And we're not going to talk about that, right? Ever?" "Right," she said. She felt like there was light dripping from her fingertips. Spilling out of her toes. She felt full of light, in fact, warm buttery sunlight. "Never happened." He opened his mouth, then closed it, and closed his eyes. "Claire—" "I know." "Lock the door," he said.

He'd been happier in abandoned places, so long as they were quiet and had enough light to read by.

And so the very institution we thought would bring the most light to the world has instead drowned it in shadows, and claimed that shadow as full sun. And we, poor blind creatures, have believed the lie. It