Light Quotes
Father, we thank you, especially for letting me fly this flight... for the privilege of being able to be in this position, to be in this wondrous place, seeing all these many startling, wonderful things that you have created. Prayer while orbiting the earth in a space capsule.L. Gordon Cooper, Jr.
There is nothing nobler or more admirable than when two people who see eye to eye keep house as man and wife, confounding their enemies and delighting their friends.Home
Knowing how things work is the basis for appreciation, and is thus a source of civilized delight.William Safire
The moment we begin to fear the opinions of others and hesitate to tell the truth that is in us, and from motives of policy are silent when we should speak, the divine floods of light and life no longer flow into our souls.Elizabeth Cady Stanton, 1890
The bird of paradise alights only upon the hand that does not grasp.John Berry, Flight of White Crows
Begin today No matter how feeble the light, let it shine as best it may. The world may need just that quality of light which you have.Henry C. Blinn
Writing is a solitary occupation. Family, friends, and society are the natural enemies of the writer. He must be alone, uninterrupted, and slightly savage if he is to sustain and complete an undertaking.Jessamyn West
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
May you never know hunger May you love with a full heart The light burn in your eyes May the fire be your friend And the sea rock you gently May the moon light your way Till the wind sets you free.Shriekback, "Cradle Song".
Socrates called beauty a short - Lived tyranny; Plato, a privilege of nature; Theophrastus, a silent cheat; Theocritus, a delightful prejudice; Carneades, a solitary kingdom; Aristotle, that it was better than all the letters of recommendation in the world; Homer, that it was a glorious gift of nature; and Ovid, that it was favor bestowed by the gods.Francis Quarles
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self - Seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.Bible, 1 Corinthians 13: 4 - 7
Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.William Butler Yeats
Love is the delightful interval between meeting a beautiful girl and discovering that she looks like a haddock.John Barrymore
Nowadays a citizen can hardly distinguish between a tax and a fine, except that the fine is generally much lighter.G. K. Chesterton
Enlighten the people, generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will vanish like spirits at the dawn of day.Thomas Jefferson
Digressions, objections, delight in mockery, carefree mistrust are signs of health; everything unconditional belongs in pathology.Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil
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 wil happen... There will be something solid for us to stand on.. ..... or we will be taught to fly.Patrick Overton
It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.Taylor Benson
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our Light, not our Darkness, that most frightens us.Marianne Williamson, Return to Love, 1992
Put yourself on view. This brings your talents to light.Baltasar Gracian
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, "A Few Figs from Thistles", 1920
Memory tempers prosperity, mitigates adversity, control youth, and delights old age.Firmianus Lactantius
Once in a while you get shown the light in the stangest of places if you look at it right.Jerry Garcia, Scarlet Bergonias
The very first law in advertising is to avoid the concrete promise and cultivate the delightfully vague.Bill Cosby
Duct tape is like the force. It has a light side, a dark side, and it holds the universe together....Carl Zwanzig
The words that enlighten the soul are more precious than jewels.Hazrat Inayat Khan
Now cracks a noble heart. Good night sweet prince: And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest!William Shakespeare, "Hamlet", Act 5 scene 2
As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of being.Carl Jung
Never do today what you can put off till tomorrow. Delay may give clearer light as to what is best to be done.Aaron Bu
No form of art goes beyond ordinary consciousness as film does, straight to our emotions, deep into the twilight room of the soul.Ingrid Bergman
A poem begins in delight and ends in wisdom.Robert Frost
No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another.Charles Dickens
One kernel is felt in a hogshead; one drop of water helps to swell the ocean; a spark of fire help to give light to the world. None are too small, too feeble, too poor to be of service. Think of this and act.Hannah More
Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day Rage, rage against the dying of the light.Dylan Thomas
What more felicity can fall to creature, Than to enjoy delight with liberty.Spenser, Fate of the Butterfly
I never saw an ugly thing in my life: for let the form of an object be what it may - Light, shade, and perspective will always make it beautiful.John Constable
If you have knowledge, let others light their candles at it.Margaret Fulle
Sometimes our light goes out but is blown into flame by another human being. Each of us owes deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this light.Albert Schweitze
