Quotes About Illumination

The self-same sun that shines upon his courtHides not his visage from our cottage, butLooks on alike.

My fiction may, now and again, illuminate aspects of the human condition, but I do not consciously set out to do so: I am a storyteller.

My overcoat is worn out my shirts also are worn out. And I ask to be allowed to have a lamp in the evening it is indeed wearisome sitting alone in the dark.

His high endeavors are an inward light That makes the path before him always bright.

In the past we have had a light which flickered, in the present we have a light which flames, and in the future there will be a light which shines over all the land and sea.

We should give heed to the words of the Bible until something as phosphorous rises within us

This is the way for us to grow. I hope that the Lord will speak to you concerning your growth, that your growth in life is with the fourth-day lights. The first-day light was good for generating life, good for your rebirth. But, for your growth in life you need the fourth-day lights.

Luz et veritas, Light and truth

I suppose that in a dark room, even a dim bulb feels bright.

They are coming to rely too much on research, and they use it as a drunkard uses a lamp post, for support rather than for illumination.

Some preachers use the Bible the way a drunk uses a lamp post . . . more for support than for illumination.

When in doubt, follow the truth. The path is often well-illuminated and it usually leads me in the right direction.

A window let in light, which was a metaphor for knowledge and understanding.

One's perception of something often depended on just how the light hit it.

The paradox of illuminating complexity is that it is inherently difficult to do so without erasing all of the nuance.

Having your evening coffee over A field guide of trails or alpine blossoms & so I need now to ask you Which of the old journals did you first Open to a map of my long wandering When did you first know I'd come back & how did you find yourself here & how did you know this single lantern You are reading by was the last possible Light to lead me home?

Buckingham Palace. They lifted their lanterns to reveal a vast cellar

Living in filth is dark doom. The light of awaken leads to cleanliness.

...darkness is not everywhere - for here and there I find a few faces illuminated from within. Paper lanterns swaying among the dark trees.

The more of those little light bulbs that can turn on the better. Eventually you'll have enough to light up a movie screen.

Be the sun breaking through the clouds.

The Sun never sets. It is we who rise think to shine.

(...) and spend my days surrounded by wise books, - bright windows in this life of ours, lit by the shining souls of men.

Only you can see true beauty when you focus your beautiful light on things.