Quotes
Quotes about Light
Not the cry, but the flight of the wild duck, leads the flock to fly and follow.
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
Happiness is as a butterfly which, when pursued, is always beyond our grasp, but which if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.
The ideals which have lighted my way, and time after time have given me new courage to face life cheerfully, have been Kindness, Beauty, and Truth.
Slight not what's near through aiming at what's far.
Not the cry, but the flight of the wild duck, leads the flock to fly and follow.
On each race is laid the duty to keep alight its own lamp of mind as its part in the illumination of the world. To break the lamp of any people is to deprive it of its rightful place in the world festival.
When you say that you agree to a thing in principle, you mean that you have not the slightest intention of carrying it out.
Let your life lightly dance on the edges of Time like dew on the tip of a leaf.
Let your life lightly dance on the edges of Time like dew on the tip of a leaf.
The most dangerous of all falsehoods is a slightly distorted truth.
The willow which bends to the tempest, often escapes better than the oak which resists it; and so in great calamities, it sometimes happens that light and frivolous spirits recover their elasticity and presence of mind sooner than those of a loftier character.
There are two kinds of light--the glow that illuminates, and the glare that obscures.
Since light travels faster than sound, isn't that why some people appear bright until you hear them speak?
If they can make those 'black box' flight recorders indestructible, why can't they do the same with the rest of the plane?
I will love the light for it shows me the way, Yet I will endure the darkness for it shows me the stars.
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.
When you say that you agree to a thing in principle, you mean that you have not the slightest intention of carrying it out.
Memory moderates prosperity, decreases adversity, controls youth and delights old age.
No horse gets anywhere until he is harnessed. No stream or gas drives anything until it is confined. No Niagara is ever turned into light and power until it is tunneled. No life ever grows great until it is focused, dedicated, disciplined.
What is to give light must endure burning.
Death is not extinguishing the light; it is putting out the lamp because the dawn has come.
He who would travel happily must travel light.
Writing is like driving a car at night. You can only see as far as the headlights, but you make the whole trip that way.
Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in a while, or the light won't come in.
