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My mother bore me in the southern wild, And I am black, but O! my soul is white; White as an angel is the English child, But I am black as if bereaved of light.
william blake— 1789 Songs of Innocence,'The Little Black Boy'.
At eve The moonbeam, sliding softly in between The sleeping leaves, is all the light they wish, Birds warbling all the music.
william cowper— 1785 The Task, bk.1,'The Sofa'.
Kindness and courage can repair time's faults, And serving him breeds patience and courtesy In us, light sojourners and passing subjects.
Edwin Muir— 1949 The Labyrinth,'The Good Town'.
Immortal, invisible,God only wise, In light inaccessible hid from our eyes, Most blesse' d, most glorious, the Ancient of Days, Almighty, victorious,Thy great name we praise.
— 1867 'Immortal, Invisible', hymn.
Like the cellar-growing vine is the Christian who lives in the darkness and bondage of fear. But let him go forth, with the liberty of God, into the light of love, and he will be like the plant in the field, healthy, robust, and joyful.
henry ward beecher— p. 106. (Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895))
The stage is like a cage of light. People are no longer afraid of you - they are the ones out there in the dark, watching.
— Depardieu by Marianne Gray (1991), Ch.3
The storyteller makes no choice, soon you will not hear his voice, his job is to shed light, and not to master
robert hunter— "Lady With a Fan"
Faith, like light, should ever be simple and unbending; while love, like warmth, should beam forth on every side, and bend to every necessity of our brethren.
Martin Luther— P. 220. (Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895))
Thus, when the lamp that lightedThe traveller at first goes out,He feels awhile benighted,And looks around in fear and doubt.But soon, the prospect clearing,By cloudless starlight on he treads,And thinks no lamp so cheeringAs that light which Heaven sheds.
thomas moore— I'd mourn the Hopes.
Mother of quartz, your words writhe into my ear.Renew the light, lewd whisper.
theodore roethke— "The Shape of the Fire," ll. 54 - 55
It seemed to me that I, the spirit of so many worlds, the flower of so many ages, was the Church Cosmical, fit at last to be the bride of God. But instead I was blinded and seared and struck down by terrible light.
Olaf Stapledon— Ch. XIII The Beginning and the End, 3. The Supreme Moment and After
The excellence of a thing is the end for which it was made; as of a star to give light, and of a plant to be fruitful. So the excellence of a Christian is to answer the end of his creation, which is to hallow God’s name, and live to that God by whom he lives.
thomas watson— from The Lord's Prayer
And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
— Genesis. I. 3.
One candle is enough. Its gentle light will be more suitable, will be more gracious when the Shades arrive, the Shades of Love.
constantine p. cavafy— To Call Up the Shades
I fight with love, and I laugh with rage. You've gotta live light enough to see the humor, And long enough to see some change.
ani difranco— Pick Yer Nose
My primary object is to defend and advance a principle in which I see the only possible relief from much that enthralls and degrades and distorts, turning light to darkness and good to evil, rather than to gage a philosopher or weigh a philosophy. Yet the examination I propose must lead to a decisive judgment upon both.
henry george— Introduction : The Reason for the Examination
In nature, light creates the color; in the picture, color creates light. Every color shade emanates a very characteristic light no substitute is possible.
hans hofmann— As quoted in Readings in American art, 1900 -1975 (1975) by Barbara Rose, p. 117Variant: In nature, light creates the color. In the picture, color creates the light.
Monarch of earth, I shall confess my secret craft: I've always fought to purify wild flame to light, and kindle whatever light I found to burst in flame.
Nikos Kazantzakis— Odysseus to Hades, Book XI, line 145
The grave itself is but a covered bridge, Leading from light to light, through a brief darkness!
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow— The Golden Legend, Pt. V, A Covered Bridge at Lucerne
Neither dust nor light stirred. It was as if time had been bled dry and given up.
china miéville— Part 3 “The Compass Factory”, chapter 20 (p. 241)
Patience is only one faculty; earnestness the devotion of all the faculties. Earnestness is the cause of patience; it gives endurance, overcomes pain, strengthens weakness, braves dangers, sustains hope, makes light of difficulties, and lessens the sense of weariness in overcoming them.
christian nestell bovee— Christian Nestell Bovee, Intuitions and Summaries of Thought (1862), Volume I, p. 161.
Lady, by one light only We look from Alfred's eyes, We know he saw athwart the wreck The sign that hangs about your neck, Where One more than Melchizedek Is dead and never dies.
— G. K. Chesterton, in The Ballad of the White Horse (1911), Dedication
Come forth into the light of things, Let Nature be your teacher.
— William Wordsworth (1770-1850), The Tables Turned (1798)
Lie light upon him, earth! tho' he Laid many a heavy load on thee.
— As quoted by Snuffling—Epitaphia; Architects. Box, Elegies and Epitaphs. Voltaire, Letters (1733), p. 187; reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 230.
Angels shine from without because their spirits are lit from within by the light of God .
— Eileen Elias Freeman, in The Angels' Little Instruction Book : Learning from God's Heavenly Messengers (1994), p. 4, ISBN 0446671215
I have no other wish in this world but to find light and joy and peace through Hinduism.
— Mahatma Gandhi[12]
'Khalifa' is Arabic, it means successor, leader, shining light. My granddad is Muslim and he gave me that name.
Wiz Khalifa— American rapper, singer-songwriter and actor
The Divine light is always in man , presenting itself to the senses and to the comprehension, but man rejects it.
giordano bruno— As quoted in Life and Teachings of Giordano Bruno : Philosopher, Martyr, Mystic 1548 - 1600 (1913) by Coulson Turnbull
To sow, that others may reap; to work and plant for those that are to occupy the earth when we are dead; to project our influences far into the future, and live beyond our time; to rule as the Kings of Thought, over men who are yet unborn; to bless with the glorious gifts of Truth and light and Liberty those who will neither know the name of the giver, nor care in what grave his unregarded ashes repose, is the true office of a Mason and the proudest destiny of a man.
— Ch. XIX : Grand Pontiff, p. 317 (Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry (1871))
