It is better to light a candle than curse the darkness.
He’s six-foot two, brave as a lion, strong as an ox and quick as lightning. If he was good looking, you’d say he has everything.
There can be no transforming of darkness into light, and of apathy into movement without emotion
One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious
They say that instead of cursing the darkness, one should light a candle. Nothing is mentioned, though, about cursing a lack of candles.