Light Quotes

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

But, soft what light through yonder window breaks It is the east, and Juliet is the sun.

William Shakespeare

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

Life is lighter than a feather, duty heavier than a mountain.

Robert Jordan, The Great Hunt, Book 2 of The Wheel of Time

If a man is offered a fact which goes against his instincts, he will scrutinize it closely, and unless the evidence is overwhelming, he will refuse to believe it. If, on the other hand, he is offered something which affords a reason for acting in accordance to his instincts, he will accept it even on the slightest evidence.

Bertrand Russell

The bird of paradise alights only upon the hand that does not grasp.

John Berry, Flight of White Crows

During these periods of relaxation after concentrated intellectual activity, the intuitive mind seems to take over and can produce the sudden clarifying insights which give so much joy and delight.

Fritjof Capra

Duty is heavier than a mountain, death lighter than a feather.

Jordan, Robert

A friend is someone who dances with you in the sunlight, And walks with you in the shadows.

Unknown

He who would travel happily must travel light.

Antoine de Saint - Exupery

From lightest words sometimes the direst quarrel springs.

Cato the Elde

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

Dr. Martin Luther King

Happiness is a butterfly which when pursued is just out of grasp... But if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.

Nathaniel Hawthorne

lovers alone wear sunlight.

E. e. cummings

She would rather light candles than curse the darkness and her glow has warmed the world.

Adlai Stevenson

We can forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.

Plato

By always thinking unto them. I keep the subject constantly before me and wait till the first dawnings open little by little into the full light.

Sir Issac Newton, On how he made discoveries

The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug.

Mark Twain

We look at adoption as a very sacred exchange. It was not done lightly on either side. I would dedicate my life to this child.

Jamie Lee Curtis

Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs even though checkered by failure, than to 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

Promptitude is not only a duty, but is also a part of good manners; it is favorable to fortune, reputation, influence, and usefulness; a little attention and energy will form the habit, so as to make it easy and delightful.

Charles Simmons

There are few minds to which tyranny is not delightful.

Samuel Johnson

Our lives are like the course of the sun. At the darkest moment there is promise of daylight.

The London Times

I installed a skylight in my apartment. The people who live above me are furious!

Steven Wright, Standup Comedy Routine

We shall find no fiend in hell can match the fury of a disappointed woman, scorned, slighted, dismissed without a parting pang.

Colley Cibbe

One kernel is felt in a hogshead one drop of water helps to swell the ocean a spark of fire helps 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

Words do two major things They provide food for the mind and create light for understanding and awareness.

Jim Rohn

For with slight efforts how should we obtain great results It is foolish even to desire it.

Euripides

Modesty is a shining light; it prepares the mind to receive knowledge, and the heart for truth.

Madam Guizot

Put out the light.

Theodore Roosevelt, last words, 6 January 1919

Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair.

Kahlil Gibran

Washington is the only place where sound travels faster than light.

C. V. R. Thompson

The sacrifice which causes sorrow to the doer of the sacrifice is no sacrifice. Real sacrifice lightens the mind of the doer and gives him a sense of peace and joy. The Buddha gave up the pleasures of life because they had become painful to him.

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

At twilight, nature is not without loveliness, though perhaps its chief use is to illustrate quotations from the poets.

Oscar Wilde

Duct tape is like the force. It has a light side, a dark side, and it holds the universe together....

Carl Zwanzig

It is an odd thing, but everyone who disappears is said to be seen at San Francisco. It must be a delightful city, and possess all the attractions of the next world.

Oscar Wilde

Books should to one of these fours ends conduce, for wisdom, piety, delight, or use.

Sir John Denham