Light Quotes
Being an old maid is like death by drowning, a really delightful sensation after you cease to struggle.Edna Ferbe
Unless men see a beauty and delight in the worship of God, they will not do it willingly.John Owen
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".
The Joker Tell me something, my friend. You ever dance with the devil by the pale moonlight.Batman
Washington is the only place where sound travels faster than light.C. V. R. Thompson
Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat.Theodore Roosevelt
You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can see the whole trip that way.E. L. Doctorow
A poem begins in delight and ends in wisdom.Robert Frost
Freedom, then, lies only in our innate human capacity to choose between different sorts of bondage, bondage to desire or self esteem, or bondage to the light that lightens all our lives.Sri Madhava
Peace has never come from dropping bombs. Real peace comes from enlightenment and educating people to behave more in a divine manner.Carlos Santana, Associated Press interview, September 1, 2004
It is not growing like a tree in bulk doth make man better be; Or standing long an oak, three hundred year, To fall a log at last, dry, bald, and sere, A lily of a day is fairer in May Although it fall and die that night, It was the plant of flower and light, In small proportions we just beauties see; And in short measures, life may perfect be.Benjamin Johnson
Digressions, objections, delight in mockery, carefree mistrust are signs of health; everything unconditional belongs in pathology.Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil
Our lives are like the course of the sun. At the darkest moment there is promise of daylight.The London Times
Truth is so great a perfection, that if God would render himself visible to men, he would choose light for his body and truth for his soul.Pythagorus
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
The light which puts out our eyes is darkness to us. Only that day dawns to which we are awake. There is more day to dawn. The sun is but a morning star.Henry David Thoreau
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.Dr. Martin Luther King
True love comes quietly, without banners or flashing lights. If you hear bells, get your ears checked.Erich Segal
Words do two major things They provide food for the mind and create light for understanding and awareness.Jim Rohn
Whether they give or refuse, it delights women just the same to have been asked.Ovid
My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind.Albert Einstein
In the attitude of silence the soul finds the path in a clearer light, and what is elusive and deceptive resolves itself into crystal clearness. Our life is a long and arduous quest after Truth.Mahatma Gandhi
Memory is a giggling sprite and will not be tamed. She takes flight the moment the present becomes the past.Real Live Preacher, weblog, 04 - 29 - 04
Books should to one of these fours ends conduce, for wisdom, piety, delight, or use.Sir John Denham
Praise is like sunlight to the human spirit: we cannot flower and grow without it.Jess Lai
Do not judge men by mere appearances; for the light laughter that bubbles on the lip often mantles over the depths of sadness, and the serious look may be the sober veil that covers a divine peace and joy.E. H. Chapin
Put yourself on view. This brings your talents to light.Baltasar Gracian
The fireworks begin today. Each diploma is a lighted match. Each one of you is a fuse.Ed Koch
Daylight follows a dark night.Maasai Prove
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
The true spirit of delight, the exaltation, the sense of being more than Man, which is the touchstone of the highest excellence, is to be found in mathematics as surely as poetry.Bertrand Russell
He had occasional flashes of silence, that made his conversation perfectly delightful.Sydney Smith, referring to Macaulay
Modesty is a shining light; it prepares the mind to receive knowledge, and the heart for truth.Madam Guizot
In saffron - Colored mantle, from the tides of ocean rose the morning to bring light to gods and men.Home
People are like stained glass windows, they sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when darkness sets in, their true beauty is only seen if there is a light within.Elisabeth Kubler - Ross
I can think of no better way of redeeming this tragic world today than love and laughter. Too many of the young have forgotten how to laugh, and too many of the elders have forgotten how to love. Would not our lives be lightened if only we could all learn to laugh more easily at ourselves and to love one anothe.Theodore Hesburgh
The dark today leads into light tomorrow; There is no endless joy, ... and yet no endless sorrow.Ella Wheeler Wilcox
