Quotes About Illumination

they were coming into focus to each other. As though each of them was a sun, burning away each other's obscuring mists.

son. This was a revelation. The more she considered

The sun never knew how wonderful it was," the architect Louis Kahn said, "until it fell on the wall of a building

So benumbed are we nowadays by electric lights that we have become utterly insensitive to the evils of excessive illumination

Un genio conversa con otro genio cara a cara, lo que no solo supone una alegría recíproca, sino también una dicha para el universo entero. Esa alegría existe y el universo existe también. El día que los genios no se reconozcan unos a otros, el mundo se oscurecerá y la Tierra dejará de dar vueltas sobre su eje

Modern man, in his well-lit house, knows nothing of the beauty of gold; but those who lived in the dark houses of the past were not merely captivated by its beauty, they also knew its practical value; for gold, in these dim rooms, must have served the function of a reflector. Their use of gold leaf and gold dust was not mere extravagance. Its reflective properties were put to use as a source of illumination.

Casele, plutind în lumina vag? a l?mpilor aprinse, alc?tuiau un labirint de piedici ÅŸi de poteci, întret?iate de-a lungul unicei piste a fugii lui.

It was better to avoid ostentatious piety and pray in the privacy of one's cell because 'if we pray when others are present, their approbation may rob our prayer of . . . its effect'.25 There would be no sudden illumination;

We are so excited that, in the strangely illuminating phrase my mother favours, we're completely beside ourselves.

Man could not live by darkness alone, one point of light he must have for salvation -- one point of light.

Sometimes a kind of glory lights up the mind of a man.

Men are just like unlit lamps: in themselves they are no good for anything, but, when lit, they can be handy to have around the house.

In my library I have profitably and pleasantly dwelt among the shining lights, with which the learned, wise, and holy men of all ages have illuminated the world.

A man may just as soon read the Scripture without eyes, as understand the spirit of it without grace.

All the preaching in the world cannot make a man see the truth so long as his eyes are blinded.

Fire is the spirit of candle and honesty is the spirit of man. Without spirit, there shall be no light but darkness

Heavens! what thick darkness pervades the minds of men. [Lat., Pro superi! quantum mortalia pectora caecae, Noctis habent.]

Much of the wisdom of the world is not wisdom, and the most illuminated class of men are no doubt superior to literary fame, and are not writers.

A scholar is a candle which the love and desire of all men will light.

Film is the art of turning money into light, and light into money. But it begins with money.

Our dreams are luminous, a cast fire upon the world. Morning arrives and that's it. Sunlight darkens the earth.

The way to see by faith is to shut the eye of reason: The Morning Daylight appears plainer when you put out your Candle.

The light of morning decomposes everything.

I empty myself with light Until I become morning.