But then the light of reason has rarely been of any real use to people who live in darkness.

I go light on breakfast. Sometimes it’s a yogurt, but a lot of times its leftovers from one of my wife’s dinners.

To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark.

The pupil dilates in darkness and in the end finds light, just as the soul dilates in misfortune and in the end finds God.

The government taxes you when you bring home a paycheck. It taxes you when you make a phone call. It taxes you when you turn on a light. It taxes you when you sell a stock. It taxes you when you fill your car with gas. It taxes you when you ride a plane. It taxes you when you get married. Then it taxes you when you die. This is taxual insanity and it must end.

Zeal without knowledge is fire without light.

Ignorance of Scripture is the root of every error in religion, and the source of ever heresy. To be allowed to remove a few grains of ignorance, and to throw a few rays of light on God’s precious word, is, in my opinion, the greatest honor that can be put on a Christian.

When you cannot answer a skeptic, be content to wait for more light; but never forsake a great principle.

For my part I am persuaded the more light we have, the more we see our own sinfulness: the nearer we get to heaven, the more we are clothed with humility.

To fairy flutes, As the light advances, In square black boots The cabman dances.

We’re proud that everything we do is giving off light.

The best reason to be assigned, in this case, for not having made the Constitution more free from a charge of uncertainty in its meaning, is believed to be, that it was not suspected that any such charge would ever take place; and it appears that no such charge did take place, during the early period of the Constitution, when the meaning of its authors could be best ascertained, nor until many of the contemporary lights had in the lapse of time been extinguished. How often does it happen, that a notoriety of intention diminishes the caution against its being misunderstood or doubted!

The thoughts of others Were light and fleeting, Of lovers’ meeting Or luck or fame. Mine were of trouble, And mine were steady; So I was ready When trouble came.

Wanderers eastward, wanderers west, Know you why you cannot rest? ‘Tis that every mother’s son Travails with a skeleton. Lie down in the bed of dust; Bear the fruit that bear you must; Bring the eternal seed to light, And morn is all the same as night.

Despotism can only exist in darkness, and there are too many lights now in the political firmament, to permit it to remain anywhere, as it has heretofore done, almost everywhere.

Life was to him like strong, white light that hurts the tired eyes of a sick person.

It was illumination, a great light in the darkness of his ignorance, and he read poetry more avidly than ever.

How glibly and thoughtlessly that phrase ‘make us grow’ slides off our tongues. As if growth were always a happy, shapely matter: leaves unfurling, blossoms opening, hearts and minds joyously stretching toward more light. Whereas the fact of the matter was, when we asked for growth, we were asking for a mess. Exploding tempers, privately nursed little petri dishes of resentments, insecure stumblings into dangerous new places.

After two stories, I blew out my light. The night was clear. My ceiling was the sky and an eyelash of the moon. By shifting from side to side, I made my hammock swing me into sleep.

Lights are glowing in the palm trees…

SCORPIUS: Thank you for being my light in the darkness.

What naturally you want to do if you were a prominent person in the public light and you are disgraced, you want to make a comeback, and normally that begins with somebody saying, “I want to do something to help people. I want to do something to help the lepers in the Third World. I want to do something to help abandoned wives in India.”

Growth is life, and life is for ever destined to make for light.

Dark spruce forest frowned on either side the frozen waterway. The trees had been stripped by a recent wind of their white covering of frost, and they seemed to lean towards each other, black and ominous, in the fading light.

Material interests are not the only guiding light.

The leaf that spreads in the light is the only holiness there is. I haven’t found holiness in the faiths of mortals, or in their music, not in their dreams: it’s out in the open field, with the green rows looking at the sky. I don’t know what it is, this holiness: but it’s there, and it looks at the sky.
Probably though this is some conditioning the Company installed to ensure I’d be a good botanist. Well, I grew up into a good one. Damned good.

For obstacle racing, you wanna be as light, lean, and fast as possible. So, if I lift a lot of weights, I’m gonna be a little bit heavier, which will make it harder for me to hold myself up.

If you are feeling light, and you are not feeling tired in your body, you can obviously concentrate more.

My life is flashing lights and pointing fingers and uninvited visitors. Inches away, humans flatten their little hands against the wall of glass that separates us.The glass says you are this and we are that and that is how it will always be.

It’s better to light a candle than to curse the dark
In the eyes of the youth, there are question marks.

Panics, in some cases, have their uses; they produce as much good as hurt. Their duration is always short; the mind soon grows through them and acquires a firmer habit than before. But their peculiar advantage is, that they are the touchstone of sincerity and hypocrisy, and bring things and men to light, which might have lain forever undiscovered

In a chariot of light from the region of the day, the Goddess of Liberty came. She brought in her hand as a pledge of her love, the plant she named Liberty Tree

A writer’s job is to challenge our assumptions and make us see the world in a new light

I owe a lot to Darren Perry. I don’t think I’d be this far this early if it wasn’t for him pushing me to run an extra second or showing me a play on film and telling me when I see it, that’s the green light to go do it and don’t be afraid to take that next step and take chances. That’s what the game is about.

Turn around, Piglet. Step lightly, Pooh. This silly ol’ dance is perfect for two.

I have never been able to soothe myself with the sugary delusions of religion; for these things stand convicted of the utmost absurdity in light of modern scientific knowledge.

Faith is a light of such supreme brilliance that it dazzles the mind and darkens all its visions of other realities, but in the end when we become used to the new light, we gain a new view of all reality transfigured and elevated in the light itself

The light of truth burns without a flicker in the depths of a house that is shaken with storms of passion and fear

While some men see ordinary happenings, others see divine light and guidance

For the birds there is not a time that they tell, but the point verged between darkness and light, between being and nonbeing. You can tell yourself the time by their waking, if you are experienced. But that is your folly, not theirs.

Conscience is the light by which we interpret the will of God in our own lives.

To consider persons and events and situations only in the light of their effect upon myself is to live on the doorstep of hell

It must be said that almost all primitive people think themselves divinely wrought, singled out and special. Often their names translate simply as “the people” or, like the San bushmen of the Kalahari, the first people. But this is a symptom of primitiveness; attempting to prove divine biology in the nineteenth century is the anthropological equivalent of a society regressing to sleeping with the lights on

Drama can feel like therapy whereas comedy feels like there’s been a pressure and a weight lifted off of you. You come to work and you laugh all day, you go home and you feel light and there’s a certain feeling when you’re sitting with the audience and they leave after 90 minutes and it’s just pure escapism and they’re happy.

Where could you find a light to guide the world?

Do I wish to see this in the dark, or do I wish to see this in the light?

Be faithful that your authentic power is all you need to truly share your light with the world.

Remember that you have a choice in what you see. If you choose to see a person’s darkness, you strengthen your darkness within. If you choose to see their light, you shine from the inside out.

Trust that your wounds are exactly as the Universe planned. They were divinely placed in your life in the perfect order so that you could show up for them with love and remember the light within.

Living a spiritual life isn’t about moving past the pain and suffering, but instead embracing it. When we honor our suffering we become safe enough to face the dark corners and bring them to the light.

Travel light, live light, spread the light, be the light.

I didn’t fail 1000 times. The light bulb was an invention with 1000 steps

What is this,” said the leopard,”that is so ‘sclusively dark, and yet so full of little pieces of light?

When you can’t make them see the light, make them feel the heat.

A short time later, when the carpenter was taking measurements for the coffin, through the window they saw a light rain of tiny yellow flowers falling. They fell on the town all through the night in a silent storm, and they covered the roofs and blocked the doors and smothered the animals who slept outdoors. So many flowers fell from the sky that in the morning the streets were carpeted with a compact cushion and they had to clear them away with shovels and rakes so that the funeral procession could pass by.

A baby I was when you took my hand

The light of the night burned bright

In the midst of darkness, find your light and let it guide you.

We are all broken—that’s how the light gets in.

There’s a certain slant of light, On winter afternoons, That oppresses, like the weight Of cathedral tunes.

Walk continually in the light of God. Meditate day and night upon His character. Then you will see His beauty and rejoice in His goodness. Your heart will glow with a sense of His love. You will be uplifted as if borne by everlasting arms. With the power and light that God imparts, you can comprehend more and accomplish more than you ever before deemed possible.

The last rays of merciful light, the last message of mercy to be given to the world, is a revelation of His character of love.

Walk in the light. Then the duty of the hour will be made plain.

God is the source of life and light and joy to the universe. Like rays of light from the sun, like the streams of living water bursting from a living spring, blessings flow out from Him to all His creatures. And wherever the life of God is in the hearts of men, it will flow out to others in love and blessing.

It is better to light a candle than curse the darkness.

I replaced the headlights in my car with strobe lights, so it looks like I’m the only one moving.

If you are in a spaceship that is traveling at the speed of light, and you turn on the headlights, does anything happen?

What is to give light must endure the burning.

But it’s a disservice to constantly put things in this radical new light – that it’s going to change everything. Things don’t have to change the world to be important.

Surely, in the light of history, it is more intelligent to hope rather than to fear, to try rather than not to try. For one thing we know beyond all doubt: Nothing has ever been achieved by the person who says, ‘It can’t be done.’

I get lost under these lights I get lost in the words I say Start believing my own lies Like everything will be okay

Oh, we’ll be looking for sunlight, or the headlights, ’til our wide eyes burn blind.

If you ever find yourself lost in the dark and you can’t see I’ll be the light to guide you

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.

Hold everything in your hands lightly, otherwise it hurts when God pries your fingers open.

When you have come to the edge of all the light you have And step into the darkness of the unknown Believe that one of the two will happen to you Either you’ll find something solid to stand on Or you’ll be taught how to fly!

If the light of the sun is invisible to the owl it is only the fault of that bird and not of the sun.

Take no notice of the ego and its activities, but see only the light behind.

The Self is the one Reality that always exists, and it is by the light of the Self that all other things are seen.

The Self is the heart, self-luminous. Illumination arises from the heart and reaches the brain, which is the seat of the mind. The world is seen with the mind; so you see the world by the reflected light of the Self.

An unawakened person sees only his mind, which is merely a reflection of the light of pure consciousness arising from the Heart.

Without seeing the origin of light, the true form of one’s Self, the ordinary man sees by the mind different things and is deluded.

Correcting oneself is correcting the whole world. The Sun is simply bright. It does not correct anyone. Because it shines, the whole world is full of light. Transforming yourself is a means of giving light to the whole world.

The men who see you getting light will curse you for having gotten it before them.

For each new morning with its light, For rest and shelter of the night, For health and food, for love and friends, For everything Thy goodness sends.

Some day I shall sing to thee in the sunrise of some other world, I have seen thee before in the light of the earth, in the love of man.

Let me light my lamp”, says the star, “And never debate if it will help to remove the darkness.

I have a slight bit of OCD, I think. I’m not walking around flipping light switches. But when I say I’m going to do something, I have to do it.

We all walk in the dark and each of us must learn to turn on his or her own light.

Death is not extinguishing the light; it is only putting out the lamp because the dawn has come.

Faith is the bird that feels the light and sings when the dawn is still dark.

“Let the light of Christmas — the spirit of selflessness, love and above all hope— guide us in the times ahead.

The warrior of light only risks his heart for something worthwhile.

A Warrior of the Light shares with others what he knows of the path.

The warrior of the light has a destiny to fulfill.

A Warrior of Light values a child’s eyes because they are able to look at the world without bitterness. When he wants to find out if the person beside him is worthy of his trust, he tries to see him as a child would.

You could tell your soul mate by the light in their eyes, and since the time began, that has been how people have recognized their true love.

A warrior of light knows that in the silence of his heart he will hear an order that will guide him.

Basically what I’m trying to tell you is that it’s almost impossible to drive a jet ski at night time unless you’re in a city with lights lit up so you can navigate. Besides being pitch black, that water turns black at night. Listen, I don’t recommend it.

Angels can fly because they take themselves lightly.

For the Warrior of Light there is no such thing as an impossible love. He is not intimidated by silence, indifference or rejection. He knows that, behind the mask of ice that people wear, there beats a heart of fire. Without love, he is nothing.

A Warrior of the Light cannot always choose his battlefield.

We warriors of light must be prepared to have patience in difficult times and to know that the Universe is conspiring in our favor, even though we may not understand how.

Every Warrior of the Light has, at least once, believed he was not a Warrior of the Light.

The issue is now clear. It is between light and darkness and everyone must choose his side.

You are the light of the world. Shine, and darkness will disappear.

Every day people straighten up the hair, why not the heart

Knowledge is love and light and vision.

Faith is the strength by which a shattered world shall emerge into the light.

Nothing travels faster than the speed of light, with the possible exception of bad news, which obeys its own special laws.

I saw a point that shone with light so keen, the eye that sees it cannot bear its blazing; the star that is for us the smallest one would seem a moon if placed beside this point.

If you give people light, they will find their own way.

Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.

I can see light at the end of the tunnel and it isn’t a train.

I’m drawn between the light and dark.

I thought I would dress in baggy pants, big shoes, a cane, and a derby hat. Everything is a contradiction: the pants are baggy, the coat tight, the hat small, and the shoes large.

Every light has its shadow, and every shadow hath a succeeding morning.

The cloud of caring for nothing, which overshadowed him with such a fatal darkness, was very rarely pierced by the light within him.

No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another.

There is a light in this world, a healing spirit more powerful than any darkness we may encounter.

Two qualities are indispensable: first, an intellect that, even in the darkest hour, retains some glimmerings of the inner light which leads to truth; and second, the courage to follow this faint light wherever it may lead.

Let the light of your madness shine, and it will suddenly dawn on you

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

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

Confidence in others’ honesty is no light testimony of one’s own integrity.

I’m pretty excited for people to listen to the story of each song. It’s definitely like a giant book with different stories in it. They are all very child-like but also a balance between light and dark.

Doubt everything. Find your own light.

I live and love in God’s peculiar light.

Nothing can dim the light which shines from within.

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.

Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness.

Now I see that I will never find the light unless, like the candle, I am my own fuel, consuming myself.

Those who are unaware they are walking in darkness will never seek the light.

Light up the darkness

Truth is the light so you never give up the fight

Truth will ultimately prevail where there are pains to bring it to light.

Audrey had an angelic quality about her. She didn’t act like she was better than everyone, she just had a presence, an energy, a sort of light coming from within her that was overwhelming.

The whole world is very bright. The darker the clouds, the greater the light.

I believe that there are forces of light and darkness in the world, and I don’t want to be a contributor to the force of darkness.

You have to find what sparks a light in you so that you in your own way can illuminate the world.

How sad, a heart that
does not know how to love, that
does not know what it is to be drunk with love.
If you are not in love, how can you enjoy
the blinding light of the sun,
the soft light of the moon?

It’s too bad if a heart lacks fire,
and is deprived of the light
of a heart ablaze.
The day on which you are
without passionate love
is the most wasted day of your life.

Truth, when not sought after, rarely comes to light.

The changing of Bodies into Light, and Light into Bodies, is very conformable to the Course of Nature, which seems delighted with Transmutations.

Science is a bit like the joke about the drunk who is looking under a lamppost for a key that he has lost on the other side of the street, because that’s where the light is. It has no other choice.

The Speed of Light: It’s Not Just a Good Idea It’s the Law. Unlike.

In faith there is enough light for those who want to believe and enough shadows to blind those who don’t.

It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.

The light is coming to give back everything the darkness stole

Glory is light, light gives joy and joy is the joy of the spirit

Architecture is the first plastic art; Sculpture and painting need the first. All its excellence comes from light. Architecture is the arrangement of light

Whenever he looks at me with those eyes, with that smile and that wink, it’s as if a light goes on inside me.

To be a star, you must shine your own light, follow your own path, and don’t worry about darkness, for that is when the stars shine brightest.

Science needs the light of free expression to flourish. It depends on the fearless questioning of authority, and the open exchange of ideas.

Pay attention to the cracks, because that’s where the light gets in.

Ring the bells that still can ring Forget your perfect offering There is a crack in everything That’s how the light gets in.

There is a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in.

When you possess light within, you see it externally

Experience is a revelation in the light of which we renounce our errors of youth for those of age.

As the past has ceased to throw its light upon the future, the mind of man wanders in obscurity.

A rooster crows only when it sees the light. Put him in the dark and he’ll never crow. I have seen the light and I’m crowing.

I’m so fast that last night I turned off the light switch in my hotel room and was in bed before the room was dark.

Love, free as air, at sight of human ties, spreads his light wings, and in a moment flies

Experience is not what happens to you; it’s what you do with what happens to you

The Oxen and the Axle-Trees A HEAVY WAGON was being dragged along a country lane by a team of Oxen. The Axle-trees groaned and creaked terribly; whereupon the Oxen, turning round, thus addressed the wheels: “Hullo there! why do you make so much noise? We bear all the labor, and we, not you, ought to cry out.” Those who suffer most cry out the least.

Like will draw like

Love, unconquerable, Waster of rich men, keeper Of warm lights and all-night vigil And the one word that brings the infinite to the doo

You can either be a vain movie star, or you can try to shed some light on different aspects of the human condition.

Sometimes our light goes out, but is blown again into instant flame by an encounter with another human being

When people have light in themselves, it will shine out from them. Then we get to know each other as we walk together in the darkness, without needing to pass our hands over each other’s faces, or to intrude into each other’s hearts

Wrong connection will give you shock throughout your life.but the right one will light up your life.

Beyond a doubt truth bears the same relation to falsehood as light to darkness.

Painting is concerned with all the 10 attributes of sight; which are: Darkness, Light, Solidity and Colour, Form and Position, Distance and Propinquity, Motion and Rest.

To any white body receiving the light from the sun, or the air, the shadows will be of a bluish cast.

A painter should begin every canvas with a wash of black, because all things in nature are dark except where exposed by the light.

All the variety, all the charm, all the beauty of life is made up of light and shadow.

Just as one candle lights another and can light thousands of other candles, so one heart illuminates another heart and can illuminate thousands of other hearts.

There is something in the human spirit that will survive and prevail, there is a tiny and brilliant light burning in the heart of man that will not go out no matter how dark the world becomes.

Depression doesn’t take away your talents—it just makes them harder to find. But I always find it. I learned that my sadness never destroyed what was great about me. You just have to go back to that greatness, find that one little light that’s left.

Amidst all of these flashing lights I pray the fame won’t take my life.

I make music the majority of the time. There can be moments in my life when I may think of taking a break and returning to music. Although it is difficult to explain, you require a break and return to it again. It is like you need to do something to appreciate it again.

I’m driven by my passion for music

Every single time I entered the stage and looked at the lights and listened to the fans, it is something which is a unique experience for me.

I believe in the power of poetry, which gives me reasons to look ahead and identify a glint of light.

The art of art, the glory of expression and the sunshine of the light of letters, is simplicity.

A morning-glory at my window satisfies me more than the metaphysics of books

This is a perverse thing, personally, but I would rather be in the cycle where people are underestimating us.

My diamonds hit harder when the light off.