Quotes About Illumination

Know this, and let it somewhat raise your spite, Through darkness diamonds spread their richest light.

He had the effect on her of a window being thrown open and fresh air and sunlight being let in

Stars poked through like holes in the cloth of the sky and shed no light on anything.

Give light, and people will find the way.

In the beginning there was nothing. God said, "Let there be light!" And there was light. There was still nothing, but you could see it a whole lot better.

In the beginning there was nothing. God said, 'Let there be light!' And there was light. There was still nothing, but you could see it a whole lot better.

The book of nature and the written word shed light upon each other. Both make us better acquainted with God by teaching us of His character and of the laws through which He works.—Testimonies for the Church, vol. 8, pp. 327, 328.

Odd, how in the afterglow of someone else's life, your own looks so much brighter.

Calvin wrote, "The Word is the instrument by which the Lord dispenses the illumination of His Spirit to believers.

Nu exist? salvare prin nebunie, fiindc? nu exist? om cu presentimentul nebuniei care s? nu se team? de lucidit??ile eventuale într-o asemenea stare. Ai vrea haosul, dar È›i-e fric? de luminile din el.

In paradise, objects and beings, assaulted by light from all sides, cast no shadow. Which is to say that they lack reality, like anything that is unbroached by darkness and deserted by death.

To know, in vulgar terms, is to get over something: to know, in absolute terms, is to get over everything. Illumination represents one further step: the certainty that henceforth we will never again be taken in, a last glance at illusion.

Clever people master life; the wise illuminate it and create fresh difficulties.

I see heaven's glories shine and faith shines equal.

The abdication of belief makes the behavior small -- better an ignis fatuus than no illume at all.

Still, as I mused, the naked room, The alien firelight died away; And from the midst of cheerless gloom I passed to bright, unclouded day.

those of us who wish to draw near to God should not be surprised when our vision goes cloudy, for this is a sign that we are approaching the opaque splendor of God. If we decide to keep going beyond the point where our eyes or minds are any help to us, we may finally arrive at the pinnacle of the spiritual journey toward God, which exists in complete and dazzling darkness.

the two lights of the world.

I see heaven's glories shine and faith shines equal.

I think the purpose of the writer is to help us see. The writer is someone who can perhaps have the joy of helping others see.

As I lived up to the highest light I had, higher and higher light came to me.

It was now dark enough for me to see that every flower was shining with a light of its own.

A candle is not lighted for itself; neither is a man. The light that serves self only, is no true light; its one virtue is that it will soon go out.

God in the dark can make a man thirst for the light, who never in the light sought but the dark.