Light Quotes

• Nothing can dim the light which shines from within.

  Maya Angelou

  Inspirational, Strength, Moving On

  Maya Angelou (2014). “Rainbow in the Cloud: The Wisdom and Spirit of Maya Angelou”, p.58, Random House

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• In the right light, at the right time, everything is extraordinary.

  Aaron Rose

  Positive Thinking, Right Time, Extraordinary

  "The Reader's Digest", Volume 152, January 1998.

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• Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart.

  Khalil Gibran

  Love, Inspirational, Beauty

  Khalil Gibran “Selected Short Works of Khalil Gibran”, Library of Alexandria

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• I am forever chasing light. Light turns the ordinary into the magical.

  Trent Parke

  Photography, Forever, Magic

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• In nature, light creates the color. In the picture, color creates the light.

  Hans Hofmann

  Color, Energy, Light And Color

  "Readings in American Art, 1900-1975". Book by Barbara Rose, p. 117, 1975.

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

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Love, Inspirational, Life

  Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2012). “A Gift of Love: Sermons from Strength to Love and Other Preachings”, p.67, Beacon Press

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  Be comforted, dear soul! There is always light behind the clouds.

  Louisa May Alcott

  Life, Positivity, Clouds

  Louisa May Alcott, Daniel Shealy (2013). “Little Women: An Annotated Edition”, p.602, Harvard University Press

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• Let your light shine. Shine within you so that it can shine on someone else. Let your light shine.

  Oprah Winfrey

  Confidence, Self Esteem, Believe In Yourself

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• There is something in the human spirit that will survive and prevail, there is a tiny and brilliant light burning in the heart of man that will not go out no matter how dark the world becomes.

  Leo Tolstoy

  Heart, Dark, Men

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• Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.

  J. K. Rowling

  Inspiring, Happiness, Happy

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• Be a light unto yourself.

  Gautama Buddha

  Buddhist

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• Wherever there is light, one can photograph.

  Alfred Stieglitz

  Photography, Photographer, Photograph

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• It is in the darkness that one finds the light.

  Meister Eckhart

  Grief, Darkness

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• To love beauty is to see light.

  Victor Hugo

  Beauty, Spiritual, Imperfect

  Victor Hugo (2007). “Hugo's Works”, p.81, Wildside Press LLC

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

  Desmond Tutu

  Hope, Darkness, Able

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

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• Look at light and admire its beauty. Close your eyes, and then look again: what you saw is no longer there; and what you will see later is not yet.

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Eye, Looks, Saws

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• Light, seeking light, doth light of light beguile

  William Shakespeare

  Philosophical, Seeking

  William Shakespeare (1826). “Plays of William Shakespeare”, p.154

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• As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of mere being.

  Carl Jung

  Love, Inspirational, Life

  Memories, Dreams, Reflections ch. 11 (1962)

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• Light is to darkness what love is to fear; in the presence of one the other disappears.

  Marianne Williamson

  Love, Fear, Darkness

  Marianne Williamson (2013). “A Year of Miracles: Daily Devotions and Reflections”, p.3, Harper Collins

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• Beyond a doubt truth bears the same relation to falsehood as light to darkness.

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Truth, Intelligent, Darkness

  Leonardo Da Vinci, General Press (2016). “The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci”, p.442, GENERAL PRESS

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• Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind. To walk safely through the maze of human life, one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance of virtue.

  Gautama Buddha

  Love, Positive, Inspiring

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• Come forth into the light of things, let nature be your teacher.

  William Wordsworth

  Life, Education, Teacher

  William Wordsworth (1837). “The Complete Poetical Works of William Wordsworth: Together with a Description of the Country of the Lakes in the North of England, Now First Published with His Works ...”, p.337

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• As I lived up to the highest light I had, higher and higher light came to me.

  Peace Pilgrim

  Peace, Higher, Highest

  Peace Pilgrim (1992). “Peace Pilgrim: Her Life and Work in Her Own Words”, p.16, Friends of Peace PIlgrim

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• I wish I could show you...the astonishing light of your own being.

  Hafez

  Confidence, Self Esteem, Wish

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• Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.

  Helen Keller

  Best Friend, Friendship, True Friend

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