Quote Lady's Quotes by Subject, Light

Light

All I know to do is to light the candle that has been given to me.--Fred Rogers a.k.a. "Mister Rogers"
And I said to the one who stood at the gate of the year, "Give me a light that I may tread safely into the Unknown." And he replied, "Go out into the darkness and put your hand into the hand of God. That shall be to you better than light and safer than a known way."--Minnie Haskins
An apt quotation is like a lamp which flings its light over the whole sentence.--L. E. Landon (Romance and Reality)
As the calendar approaches the year's darkest night, reflect on those who have brought you light. How have you yourself brought a glimmer of light into someone else's darkness?--Kathy Coffey (Advent Day-by-Day)
Christmas is most truly Christmas when we celebrate it by giving the light of love to those who need it most.--Ruth Carter Stapleton
Darkness can not drive out darkness only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate only love can do that.--Martin Luther King, Jr.
Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.--Anton Chekhov
Dwelling in the light, there is no occasion at all for stumbling, for all things are discovered in the light.--George Fox
Even a small star shines in the darkness.--Finnish proverb
Faith is the bird that feels the light when the dawn is still dark.--Rabindranath Tagore
Faith is the strength by which a shattered world shall emerge into the light.--Helen Keller
Fear grows in darkness; if you think there's a bogeyman around, turn on the light.--Dorothy Thompson
Grace comes into the soul, as the morning sun into the world: first a dawning, then a light, and at last the sun in his full and excellent brightness.--Thomas Adams
The hardness of a diamond is part of its usefulness, but its true value is in the light that shines through it.--B. K. S. Iyengar (Light on Life)
The hero is one who kindles a great light in the world, who sets up blazing torches in the dark streets of life for men to see by.--Felix Adler
Hope, like the gleaming taper's light
Adorns and cheers our way
And still, as darker grows the night,
Emits a brighter ray.--Oliver Goldsmith (The Captivity)
How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world.--William Shakespeare (The Merchant of Venice)
I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness for it shows me the stars.--Og Mandino
If we pause to peer into the beauty of natural darkness ... we’re soon reminded of its riches. If the light didn’t fade, how could we appreciate a sunset, or the glimmer of the first evening star? How could we enjoy a deep and restorative sleep? How could a seed ever germinate?--Brian Draper ("Thought for the Day," Oct. 24, 2015)
If you are seeking, seek us with joy
For we live in the kingdom of joy.
Do not give your heart to anything else
But to the love of those who are clear joy,
Do not stray into the neighborhood of despair.
For there are hopes: they are real, they exist –
Do not go in the direction of darkness –
I tell you: suns exist.--Jalal-ud-Din Rumi
If you cannot bear the silence and the darkness, do not go there; if you dislike black night and yawning chasms, never make them your profession. If you fear the sound of water hurrying through crevices toward unknown and mysterious destinations, do not consider it. Seek out the sunshine. It is a simple prescription. Avoid the darkness.--Loren Eiseley (The Night Country)
The inner half of every cloud
Is bright and shining;
I therefore turn my clouds about,
And always wear them inside out
To show the lining.--Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler
The intellect of the wise is like glass; it admits the light of heaven and reflects it.--Augustus Hare
Kindle the taper like the steadfast star
Ablaze on evening's forehead o'er the earth,
And add each night a lustre till afar
An eightfold splendor shine above thy hearth.--Emma Lazarus ("The Feast of Lights")
Let me light my lamp, says the tiny star; and never debate whether it will dispel the darkness.--Rabindranath Tagore
Let no man imagine that he has no influence. Whoever he may be, and wherever he may be placed, the man who thinks becomes a light and a power.--Henry George
Let there be many windows to your soul, that all the glory of the world may beautify it.--Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Light came to me when I realized that I did not have to consider any racial group as a whole. God made them duck by duck and that was the only way I could see them.--Zora Neale Hurston
The light in your soul is far greater than the darkness. Shine your light.--Lailah Gifty Akita
The Light of Lights
Looks always on the motive, not the deed,
The Shadow of Shadows on the deed alone.--William Butler Yeats (The Countess Cathleen)
The light which experience gives is a lantern on the stern, which shines only on the waves behind us.--Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Lighthouses don't go running all over an island looking for boats to save: they just stand there, shining.--Anne Lamott
Mankind has advanced in the footsteps of men and women of unshakable faith. Many of the great ones ... have set stars in the heavens to light others through the night.--Olga Rosmanith
May the Creator ignite the spark of light within our soul.--Lailah Gifty Akita (Pearls of Wisdom: Great Mind)
The moon looks wonderful in this warm evening light, just as a candle flame looks beautiful in the light of morning. Light within light... It seems to me to be a metaphor for the human soul, the singular light within that great general light of existence.--Marilynne Robinson (Gilead)
Most people are mirrors, reflecting the moods and emotions of the times few are windows, bringing light to bear on the dark corners where troubles fester. The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.--Sydney J. Harris
My candle burns at both ends;
It will not last the night;
But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends -
It gives a lovely light--Edna St Vincent Millay
Never fear shadows. They simply mean that there's a light somewhere nearby.--Ruth E. Renkei
On Hanukkah, the first dark night,
Light yourself a candle bright.
I'll you, if you will me invite
To dance within that gentle light.--Nicholas Gordon
On life's journey faith is nourishment, virtuous deeds are a shelter, wisdom is the by day and right mindfulness is the protection by night. If a man lives a pure life, nothing can destroy him.--Buddha
Only in silence the word,
only in dark the light,
only in dying life:
bright the hawk's flight
on the empty sky.--Ursula K. LeGuin (A Wizard of Earthsea)
An optimist may see a light where there is none, but why must the pessimist always run to blow it out?--Rene Descartes
Out of the darkness, out of the night,
May I find joy and all that is right:
Open my eyes, so I'll see the light
That comes when we have spiritual sight.
--Gertrude Tooley Buckingham ("Infinite Spirit, Abide With Me")
People are like stained glass windows: they sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light within.--Elizabeth Kubler-Ross
The poet lights the light and fades away. But the light goes on and on.--Emily Dickinson
Put it before them briefly so they will read it, clearly so they will appreciate it, picturesquely so they will remember it and, above all, accurately so they will be guided by its light.--Joseph Pulitzer
The saddest day has gleams of light,
The darkest wave hath bright foam beneath it.
There twinkles o'er the cloudiest night,
Some solitary star to cheer it.--Sarah Winnemucca
Should we continue to look upwards? Is the light we can see in the sky one of those which will presently be extinguished? The ideal is terrifying to behold, lost as it is in the depths, small, isolated, a pin-point, brilliant but threatened on all sides by the dark forces that surround it nevertheless, no more in danger than a star in the jaws of the clouds.--Victor Hugo (Les Miserables)
Someone I loved once gave me
a box full of darkness.
It took me years to understand
that this, too, was a gift.--Mary Oliver
The story teller makes no choice. Soon you will not hear his voice. His job is to shed light, and not to master. Since the end is never told, we pay the teller off in gold, in hopes he will return, but he cannot be bought or sold.--Grateful Dead ("Terrapin Station")
The Sun will rise and set regardless. What we choose to do with the light while it's here is up to us. Journey wisely.--Alexandra Elle
That's what Hanukkah is about: trying to survive the darkness on the far-fetched hope there's still some life and light left in the universe. It's more than just a religious story. The days have been growing shorter, imperceptibly but inescapably darker.... Heading into the night of the winter solstice, every spiritual tradition has some kind of festival of light. We're all just whistling in the dark, hoping against hope that someone up there will see these little Hanukkah candles and get the hint.--Rabbi Lawrence Kushner (I'm God; You're Not)
There are two ways of spreading light; to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.--Edith Wharton
There is a candle in your heart, ready to be kindled.
There is a void in your soul, ready to be filled.
You feel it, don't you?--Rumi
There is a quiet light that shines in every heart. It draws no attention to itself though it is always secretly there. It is what illuminates our minds to see beauty, our desire to seek possibility and our hearts to love life. Without this subtle quickening our days would be empty and wearisome, and no horizon would ever awaken our longing. Our passion for life is quietly sustained from somewhere in us that is wedded to the energy and excitement of life. This shy inner light is what enables us to recognize and receive our very presence here as blessing.--John O'Donohue (Benedictus)
Though my soul may set in darkness,
It will rise in perfect light,
I have loved the stars too fondly
To be fearful of the night.--Sarah Williams
Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.--Buddha
To rid ourselves of our shadows--who we are--we must step into either total light or total darkness.--Jeremy Preston Johnson
Truly, it is in darkness that one finds the light, so when we are in sorrow, then this light is nearest to all of us.--Meister Eckhart
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.--Dwight L. Moody
We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.--Plato
We cannot hold a torch to light another's path without brightening our own.--Ben Sweetland
We find meaning in the season of Advent, a time when Christians await the birth of new Life in a suffering world. As darkness in our region deepens and the nights grow long and cold, Advent calls us to trust and participate anew in the coming of the Light.--Fritz Weiss ("Choosing Love in a Season of Fear")
We need to learn to set our course by the stars, not by the lights of every passing ship.--Omar Bradley
When Alexander the Great visited Diogenes and asked whether he could do anything for the famed teacher, Diogenes replied, "Only stand out of my light." Perhaps some day we shall know how to heighten creativity. Until then, one of the best things we can do for creative men and women is to stand out of their light.--John W. Gardner (Self-Renewal)
When we walk to the edge of all the light we have and take the step into the darkness of the unknown, we must believe that one of two things will happen. There will be something solid for us to stand on or we will be taught to fly.--Patrick Overton
Words do two major things: They provide food for the mind and create light for understanding and awareness.--Jim Rohn
The wound is the place where the Light enters you.--Rumi
You don't have to blow out the other fellow's light to let your own shine.--Bernard Baruch