Quotes about light
light darkness world
All the darkness in the world can't put out the light of one candle. Confucius
light darkness curse
Don't curse the darkness, light a candle.
light shadow fading
Fading light buttered the ridges until shadows licked them clean and they were lost to nightfall. Daniel Woodrell
light blood important
Technique isn't important. Technique is in the blood. Events and mood are more important than good light and the happening is what is important
light three source
Light, Love, and Will - the one is as necessary as the other; the one is dangerous without the others. Light, Love, and Will are the three eternal, vital sources of the higher, truer, purer cosmic life. Ameen Rihani
light richness-of-life imperfection
Relish everything that's inside of you, the imperfections, the darkness, the richness and light and everything. And that makes for a full life. Anthony Hopkins
light fire competition
I wish there were more good new bands that would light a fire and offer a little friendly competition that would be welcomed. Anthony Kiedis
light not-good-enough darkness
There's too much darkness in the world. Everywhere you turn, someone is tryin' to tear someone down in some way; everywhere you go, there's a feeling of inadequacy, or a feeling that you're not good enough. I want to bring a certain light to the world. Alicia Keys
light cost fierce
In the far upper corner of my altar is a photo of Joan Crawford in her most fierce Mommy Dearest mode, just to remind me of some of the cost of everyone's hard-earned sweetness and light. Alice Walker
light bishops boots
I have known some grim bells, with not a single joyous note in the whole peal, so forced to hurry for a human festival, with their harshness made light of, as though the Bishop of Hereford had again been forced to dance in his boots by a merry highwayman. Alice Meynell
light order reorganization
But I never cleaned thoroughly enough, my reorganization proved to be haphazard, the disgraces came unfailingly to light, and it was clear how we failed, how disastrously we fell short of that ideal of order and cleanliness, household decency which I as much as anybody else believed in. Alice Munro
light hair fog
This is the day of wonders. The land is covered with trees like a head with hair and behind the ship the sun rises tipping the top trees with light. The sky is clear and shining as a china plate and the water playfully ruffled with wind. Every wisp of fog is gone and the air is full of the resinous smell of the trees. Seabirds are flashing above the sails golden like creatures from Heaven, but the sailors raise a few shots to keep them from the rigging.
light law pathways
As I understand it, laws, commands, rules and edicts are for those who have not the light which makes plain the pathway. Anne Hutchinson
light people shining
He told me about his monster. His sounded just like mine without quite so much mascara. When people shine a little light on their monster, we find out how similar most of our monsters are. Anne Lamott
light giving shining
The thing about light is that it really isn’t yours; it’s what you gather and shine back. And it gets more power from reflectiveness; if you sit still and take it in, it fills your cup, and then you can give it off yourself.
light giving darkness
And you know, I agree to everything: I will condemn, I will forget, I will give comfort to the enemy, Darkness will be light and sin lovely. Anna Akhmatova
light making-love needs
The message of Christmas is not that we can make peace. Or that we can make love, make light, make gifts, or make this world save itself. The message of Christmas is that this world’s a mess and we can never save ourselves from ourselves and we need a Messiah. Ann Voskamp
light ballet wire
There might've been wires, but I have this ability to make myself light. Well you know what, in ballet, when you kind of lift yourself here, it's all up in the head. Albert Finney
light cells secret
I remember vividly my student days, spending hours at the light microscope, turning endlessly the micrometric screw, and gazing at the blurred boundary which concealed the mysterious ground substance where the secret mechanisms of cell life might be found. Albert Claude
light able pleasure
I have never been able to renounce the light, the pleasure of being, and the freedom in which I grew up. Albert Camus
light mind borders
Absurd- that is the light mind that establishes its own borders.
light staring
The great courage is to stare as squarely at the light as at death.
light blind
The truth, as the light, makes blind.
light darkness shadow
Film can express things that computers never will. Film is a series of photographs separated by split seconds of darkness. Film is light and shadow. Annie Baker
light rooms achieve
Anita Roddick was amazing. Her presence in a room was full of light, and everything she worked to achieve still resonates now. Annie Lennox
light focus darkness
There's always darkness around, and if you focus on the darkness, you don't know where to go. But if you direct yourself at the light - there it is! It's right there.
light tree vision
I have since only rarely seen the tree with the lights in it. The vision comes and goes, mostly goes, but I live for it, for the moment when the mountains open and a new light roars in spate through the crack, and the mountains slam. Annie Dillard
light wind space
I cannot cause light; the most I can do is try to put myself in the path of its beam. It is possible, in deep space, to sail on solar wind. Light, be it particle or wave, has force: you can rig a giant sail and go. The secret of seeing is to sail on solar wind. Hone and spread your spirit till you yourself are a sail, whetted, translucent, broadside to the merest puff
light admiration wonderful
I have a lot of respect and admiration for someone like Cate Blanchett, find Emma Thompson wonderful, Meryl Streep inspiring, Juliette Binoche full of light and Catherine Deneuve incredible. Clemence Poesy
light people greed
Greed is supported by an endless cast of what-ifs. Greedy people can never have enough to satisfy the need they feel in light of every conceivable eventuality. Andy Stanley
light sun poor
It is more or less a given that nothing is less favorable to clairvoyance than the bright sun: physical light and mental light coexist on very poor terms. Andre Breton
light sight needs
The timing of the electrical failure seemed dramatic and perfectly correct, as if the lights had said, "You have no need for sight. Listen. Ann Patchett
light lines stories
It’s more than just saying lines and turning the light on. You have to drive the story—there’s a technical aspect. Angela Bassett