Light - Quotes
We are going to die, and that makes us the lucky ones. Most people are never going to die because they are never going to be born. The potential people who could have been here in my place but who will in fact never see the light of day outnumber the sand grains of Arabia. Certainly those unborn ghosts include greater poets than Keats, scientists greater than Newton. We know this because the set of possible people allowed by our DNA so massively outnumbers the set of actual people. In the teeth of these stupefying odds it is you and I, in our ordinariness, that are here.
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.
There are two ways of spreading light: to be
The candle or the mirror that reflects it.
A Warrior of the Light knows what he wants. And he has no need to waste time on explanations.
A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die.
If. If. If. A sweetly deceptive word, as light as a snowflake on the tongue. A word that seems too small to contain such a universe of regret.
According to Jung, a stranger can see in an instant something in you that you might spend years learning about yourself. [...] How awful we all are when we look at ourselves under a light, finally seeing our reflections. How little we know about ourselves. How much forgiveness it must take to love a person, to choose not to see their flaws, or to see those flaws and love the person anyway. If you never forgive you`ll always be alone.
These words are for my loving Mother
A beautiful being like no other
Giver and the light in my life,
With true compassion she's without a price
A love that will always hold you tight
Making my world where everything is alright.
Ever since time began, people have recognized their true Love by the light in their eyes.
Only the person who has experienced light and darkness, war and peace, rise and fall, only that person has truly experienced life.
To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark.
You couldn`t have strength without weakness, you couldn`t have light without dark, you couldn`t have love without loss.
Oh, gently rocking afternoon, give me peace -
I will lie down too, and work later.
The light of your sun is already hanging on the hedges,
and yonder the evening comes across the hills.