Quotes About Illumination

So we found the end of our journey. So we stood, alive in the river of light, Among the creatures of light, creatures of light.

love, all at once and much, much too completely. It's like you suddenly turn a blinding light on something that had always been half a shadow...

Alzan la tibia cabeza hacia las lámparas del salón, los tres soles inmóviles de su día, ellos que aman la luz porque su noche no tiene luna ni estrellas ni faroles.

y nuestro encuentro era eso, y tantas cosas oscuras como el fósforo)

Un racconto è significativo quando spezza i propri confini con quell'esplosione di energia spirituale che illumina bruscamente qualcosa che va molto oltre il piccolo e talvolta miserabile aneddoto che narra.

If light is scarce then light is scarce; we will immerse ourselves in the darkness and there discover its own particular beauty.

In the mansion called literature I would have the eaves deep and the walls dark, I would push back into the shadows the things that come forward too clearly, I would strip away the useless decoration. I do not ask that this be done everywhere, but perhaps we may be allowed at least one mansion where we can turn off the electric lights and see what it is like without them.

Our cooking depends upon shadows and is inseparable from darkness

Gignomai took a book off the top of the pile, glanced at the spine (Caecilius on Prosody) and opened it. It began with a beautiful illuminated letter B and went downhill from there.

But darkness, too, really existed, as light's opposite pole.

The soul is a knowing substance that knows the Reality beyond time and space. To acquire this kind of knowing is to become illuminated, to be connected to a greater intelligence that will guide every step of your life. Instead of living in fear and uncertainty, you will more and more be able to trust the unfolding of Life. (p. 78)

to the end, and without exceptions: then all is justified and life is illumined, whereas otherwise it is an abomination and a burden

Its a moonsmile. No light of its own unless there's a sun for it to reflect off

Art history is littered with work that involves light.

Certainly, in Italy, nobody takes light for granted.

Light itself is a revelation.

God's first creature, which was light.

Obdurate, you say: We are darkness. We are the city whose brightness blots the stars from night

The night walked down the sky with the moon in her hand.

light makes shadow. Truth makes lies.

Above silence, the illuminating storms—dying storms—illuminate the silence above.

Much of the beauty of light owes its existence to the dark.

Think of yourself as an incandescent power, illuminated and perhaps forever talked to by God and his messengers.

In a futile attempt to erase our past, we deprive the community of our healing gift. If we conceal our wounds out of fear and shame, our inner darkness can neither be illuminated nor become a light for others.