Quotes About Illumination

The road made wet by the water of August shines like it was cut in full moonlight

But you, cloudless girl, question of smoke, corn tassel. You were what the wind was making with illuminated leaves. Behind the nocturnal mountains, white lily of conflagration, ah, I can say nothing!  You were made of everything.

Under your ski the moon is alive.

I don't know anything about light, from where it comes nor where it goes, I only want the light to light up

She'd located the junk drawer and it bore fruit: a short candle stub, the remnant, no doubt, of some intimate dîner tête à tête. A little more exploring turned up a mostly empty matchbook and a squat, wax-encrusted glass candlestick. She crammed the candle in the holder and touched a lit match to the blackened wick.

Let there be light! And there was light.

I selected all my books for the possibility of some flare of candles along the road toward illumination or enchantment

We Shall Overcome" by Pete Seeger. I remember that moment with crystal clarity and I comprehend it as a turning point in my life: a moment terrible in its illumination of a toad in my soul, an ugliness so pervasive that it seemed my insides were vomit.

She realized something then that made her stumble a step. All along her way, there had been candles lit, random and unobtrusive. Had she, she wondered in that instant, simply chosen the path that she could best see? Or was someone ahead anticipating her, lighting candles to guide her way?

Sometimes a change of perspective is all it takes to see the light.

Outside, in the newly fallen darkness, the world had been transformed. The sky had become a glistening tapestry of stars.

The information was kept hidden for the same reason we keep matches from children. In the correct hands, fire can provide illumination... but in the wrong hands, fire can be highly destructive.

Natural light does wonders," Beña replied. "As does the presence of people.

De la tumba terrenal de Santi, el diabólico agujero, los elementos místicos ,cruzan la ciudad. camino de la luz prueba reveladora que los ángeles te guíen a la iluminación

Sometimes a change in perspective is all it takes to see the light.

Dar incertitudinea a fost întotdeauna un precursor al transform?rilor de amploare; schimbarea este în mod inevitabil precedat? de team? È™i de tulbur?ri. V? îndemn s? aveÈ›i încredere în capacitatea omului de a fi creativ È™i de a iubi, fiindc? atunci când sunt combinate, aceste dou? forÈ›e au puterea de a ilumina orice întuneric.

he spied what appeared to be a crystal scarab rotating far above him, its insides ablaze with cool lights.

il nostro futuro sarà nelle buie distanze fra le stelle, oltre che nei mondi illuminati dal sole.

I can tell you that the writing of a book, no matter how deeply, profoundly personal-if it is literature, if you have attended to the formidable task of illumination the human heart in conflict with itself-will do the opposite of expose you. It will connect you. With others. With the world around you. With yourself.

A psychoanalytic phrase—"unthought known"—became my instrument of illumination as I poked and prodded at my history with my parents. The psychoanalyst who coined it, Christopher

There is no greater joy than the burst of solution to a problem.

"…true love is never blind, but rather brings an added light."

The sun shall shine in ages yet to be, The musing moon illumine pastures dim, And afterwards a new nativity For all who slept the dreamless interim.

At a very early age I was attracted to light, as most children are.