Light And Dark Quotes

• We've all got both light and dark inside us. What matters is the part we choose to act on. That's who we really are.

  J. K. Rowling

  Love, Inspirational, Dark

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  Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.

  Desmond Tutu

  Hope, Light, Darkness

  "The Priest". Interview with Deborah Solomon, www.nytimes.com. March 4, 2010.

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• All the darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light of a single candle.

  Francis of Assisi

  Inspirational, Cheer Up, Positive Thinking

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• The eye is always caught by light, but shadows have more to say.

  Gregory Maguire

  Eye, Light, Shadow

  Gregory Maguire (2009). “Mirror Mirror: A Novel”, p.2, Harper Collins

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• The real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.

  Plato

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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• Every moment of light and dark is a miracle.

  Walt Whitman

  Inspirational, Life, Dark

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• If there is always light, you don’t experience light anymore. You have to have the rhythm of light and darkness.

  Bruce Lee

  Light, Darkness, Rhythm

  Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee: Artist of Life”, p.78, Tuttle Publishing

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• Once you conquer your selfish self, all your darkness will change to light.

  Rumi

  Selfish, Light, Darkness

  Rumi (2018). “The Spiritual Poems of Rumi”, p.61, Wellfleet

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• Put light against light - you have nothing. Put dark against dark - you have nothing. It's the contrast of light and dark that each give the other one meaning.

  Bob Ross

  Dark, Light, Opposites

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• Don't fight darkness. Bring the light, and darkness will disappear.

  Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

  Fighting, Light, Darkness

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• Dark clouds become heaven's flowers when kissed by light.

  Rabindranath Tagore

  Flower, Dark, Clouds

  Rabindranath Tagore, Mohit Kumar Ray (2007). “Poems”, p.424, Atlantic Publishers & Dist

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• Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this too, was a gift.

  Mary Oliver

  Love, Inspirational, Life

  Mary Oliver (2006). “Thirst: Poems”, p.61, Beacon Press

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• Every light has its shadow, and every shadow hath a succeeding morning.

  Nicolaus Copernicus

  Morning, Light, Shadow

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• To be a star, you must shine your own light, follow your path, and don't worry about the darkness, for that is when the stars shine brightest.
  Always do what you are afraid to do.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Inspirational, Stars, Fear

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• Find beauty not only in the thing itself but in the pattern of the shadows, the light and dark which that thing provides.

  Junichiro Tanizaki

  Beauty, Dark, Light

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• Instead of cursing the darkness, light a candle.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Cheer Up, Light, Darkness

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• Look at how a single candle can both defy and define the darkness.

  Anne Frank

  Inspirational, Dark, Looks

  As quoted in "7 Laws of Human Nature: The Oneness of Universal Love" by Conrad Spainhower, 2017.

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• Light must come from inside. You cannot ask the darkness to leave; you must turn on the light.

  Sogyal Rinpoche

  Spiritual, Buddhist, Yoga

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• A gray day provides the best light.

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Light, Gray, Gray Days

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• Yin and yang, male and female, strong and weak, rigid and tender, heaven and earth, light and darkness, thunder and lightning, cold and warmth, good and evil...the interplay of opposite principles constitutes the universe.

  Confucius

  Strong, Light, Opposites

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• There are darknesses in life and there are lights, and you are one of the lights, the light of all lights.

  Bram Stoker

  Light, Darkness, Beautiful Books

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• Night never had the last word. The dawn is always invincible.

  Hugh B. Brown

  Friends, Encouraging, Uplifting

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  I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness because it shows me the stars.

  Og Mandino

  Inspirational, Positive, Stars

  "The Greatest Salesman in the World". Book by Og Mandino, 1968.

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• When we decide to be happy we accept the responsibility to bring happiness to someone else. Some decide that happiness and glee are the same thing, they are not. When we choose happiness we accept the responsibility to lighten the load of someone else and to be a light on the path to another who may be walking in darkness.

  Maya Angelou

  Motivational, Responsibility, Light

  FaceBook post by Maya Angelou from Mar 20, 2014

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• Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Integrity, Selfish, Creativity

  Martin Luther King Jr. (1963). “Strength to Love”

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