Quotes about light

"The pursuit of perfection, then, is the pursuit of sweetness and light."

Arnold, Matthew on light   

"The light shines in the darkness and the darkness comprehended it not."

Bible on light
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"It's not necessary to blow out your neighbor's light to let your own shine."

Dehaan, M. R. on light   

"Light is the first of painters. There is no object so foul that intense light will not make it beautiful."

Emerson, Ralph Waldo on light
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"Give light, and the darkness will disappear of itself."

Erasmus, Desiderius on light   

"You can't have a light without a dark to stick it in."

Guthrie, Arlo on light   

"Moonlight is sculpture."

Hawthorne, Nathaniel on light   

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"As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of mere being."

Jung, Carl on light
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"Light is the symbol of truth."

Lowell, James Russell on light   

"We are told to let our light shine, and if it does, we won't need to tell anybody it does. Lighthouses don't fire cannons to call attention to their shining- they just shine."

Moody, Dwight L. on light   

"I keep the subject of my inquiry constantly before me, and wait till the first dawning opens gradually, by little and little, into a full and clear light."

Newton, Sir Isaac on light   

"There are two kinds of light -- the glow that illumines, and the glare that obscures."

Thurber, James on light
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"Beautiful light is born of darkness, so the faith that springs from conflict is often the strongest and the best."

Turnbull, R. on light
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"Come into the light of things. Let nature be your teacher."

Wordsworth, William on light
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"Either all lights are turned off or one inner light is missing."

Stojanovic, Dejan on light   

"The light teaches you to convert life into a festive promenade. "

Stojanovic, Dejan on light   

"Earth is the source of light."

Stojanovic, Dejan on light   

"To transform a grimace into a sound sounds impossible, yet it is possible to transform a vision into music, to go outside an enslaved personality, to become impersonal by transforming into sand, into water, into light. "

Stojanovic, Dejan on light   

"“Shine brightly, so you can help those who have not found their path a way through the darkness.”"

Fry, Jeffrey on light