Light Quotes - Page 29

• I know of no condition worse than that of the man who has little or no light on the supreme religious questions, and who at the same time is making no effort to come to the light.

  Enoch Fitch Burr

  Religious, Men, Effort

  Enoch Fitch Burr (1871). “Ad Fidem; Or, Parish Evidences of the Bible”, p.53

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• Our duty is to rise in the bright daylight, openly, beating the drums. The cause for which we are ready to give our necks does not fear the light, and to attack the enemy by guile would not suit it. A Pole has always despised ambushes, and God forbid that he should change. We shall not fail to have enough strength to defeat our enemies if we do not fail to have the spirit of sacrifice and love.

  Wladyslaw Stanislaw Reymont

  Sacrifice, Giving, Enemy

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• I gaze upon the thousand stars
  That fill the midnight sky;
  And wish, so passionately wish,
  A light like theirs on high.
  I have such eagerness of hope
  To benefit my kind;
  I feel as if immortal power
  Were given to my mind.

  Margaret Landon

  Stars, Sky, Mind

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• In paganism light is mixed with darkness, and religion and truth are blended with superstition and error.

  Lindley Murray

  Errors, Darkness, Superstitions

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• I don't so much mind the falling, but I do seem to select the hardest spots to light on.

  Gene Stratton-Porter

  Fall, Mind, Trouble

  Gene Stratton-Porter (2015). “A Daughter of the Land”, p.245, Sheba Blake Publishing

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• Traveller, let your step be light,
  So that sleep these eyes may close,
  For poor Scarron, till to-night,
  Ne'er was able e'en to doze.

  Paul Scarron

  Eye, Sleep, Night

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• The soul,
  Advancing ever to the source of light
  And all perfection, lives, adores, and reigns
  In cloudless knowledge, purity, and bliss.

  Henry Ware, Jr.

  Perfection, Soul, Reign

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• Perception is a prism, and reality is like shot silk - depends where the light hits.

  Jennifer Stone

  Reality, Perception, Shots

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• Trauma reflected upon in tranquility can produce morally stunning insights - literary light! It can also produce maudlin rubbish.

  Jennifer Stone

  Sorrow, Rubbish, Tranquility

  Jennifer Stone (1992). “Telegraph Avenue then”, Regent Pr

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• where is the 'punch' in sweetness and light?

  Louella Parsons

  Critics, Sweetness

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• [Race] had no substance, like a shadowy shape that terrifies in the dark but vanishes by the light of day.

  Nayantara Sahgal

  Dark, Race, Substance

  Nayantara Sahgal (1963). “From fear set free”

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• Race was a word that bred arrogance, danger and violence. When had incitement to race served a peaceful purpose? Race was a fuel and it needed only a match to light it. Any match - my hostility, your ambition, a third person's advantage.

  Nayantara Sahgal

  Ambition, Race, Peaceful

  Nayantara Sahgal (1963). “From fear set free”

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• A star is a person who shines so brightly,who gives their gifts so fully,who loves so completely that everyone is drawn by the light of this star to find the way home.

  Chuck Spezzano

  Stars, Home, Giving

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• It is said that angels come as thoughts, as visions, as dreams, as animals, as the light on the water or in clouds and rainbows, and as people too. Are they walking on this earth as people in disguise? Or do they appear for that one moment and vanish into ether again? Or is it really us, mere humans, who for a moment are picked up by the hand of God and made to speak unwittingly the words another needs to hear, or to hold out a life line to another soul?

  Sophy Burnham

  Dream, Angel, Animal

  Sophy Burnham (2011). “A Book of Angels: Reflections on Angels Past and Present, and True Stories of How They Touch Our L ives”, p.44, Penguin

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• Humanity is a river of light running from the ex-eternity to eternity.

  Khalil Gibran

  Running, Rivers, Humanity

  Khalil Gibran “The New Frontier and Sand and Foam”, Library of Alexandria

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• I remember going to the theatre when I was little and the lights going down and just getting really scared about what was going to happen up there.

  Paul Dano

  Theatre, Down And, Littles

  "Paul Dano: there's light at the end of his journeys into darkness". Interview with Hermione Hoby, www.theguardian.com. January 4, 2014.

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• Mars tugs at the human imagination like no other planet. With a force mightier than gravity, it attracts the eye to its shimmering red presence in the clear night sky. It is like a glowing ember in a field of ethereal lights, projecting energy and promise. It inspires visions of an approachable world. The mind vaults to thoughts of what might have been (if Mars were a litter closer to the warming Sun) and of what could be (if humans were one day to plant colonies there).

  John Noble Wilford

  Eye, Night, Glowing

  John Noble Wilford (1991). “Mars Beckons: The Mysteries, the Challenges, the Expectations of Our Next Great Adventure in Space”, Vintage

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• Bad news travels at the speed of light; good news travels like molasses.

  Tracy Morgan

  News, Speed, Molasses

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• Not many people know this about me, but I'm a natural blonde. My hair went from light blonde naturally to a darker kind of blonde. My mother dyed my hair dark when I was a child, as I loved the look then. So I'm basically a natural blonde.

  Angelina Jolie

  Mother, Children, Dark

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• I have a lot of plants and fish and a pet lizard and Venus flytraps. I have a whole ecosystem in my room, like a running waterfall and different lights and sensors set on digital timers.

  Chris Pratt

  Running, Ecosystems, Pet

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

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• What a relief. I didn't have to check the toilet for anything or the light bulbs or the phone. It was just good old-fashioned friendship.

  Julia Roberts

  Phones, Relief, Toilets

  "Julia Roberts praises co-star Clive Owen". www.rte.ie. March 9, 2009.

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• It's tough for those celebrity couples. It's really hard. My wife wasn't in the limelight, which made it easier... the key is to keep it happy, light, and fun.

  Joey Fatone

  Couple, Fun, Keys

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

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• Guys standing around and talking about Spanish fly: 'You know anything about Spanish fly?'
  'No, tell me about it.'
  Well there's this girl Crazy Mary, you put some in her drink man, she, 'Haaaaaaaaaaaaah.'
  Oh yeah, that's really groovy man, Spanish fly is groovy, yeah.
  From then on, any time you see a girl: 'Wish I had some Spanish fly.'
  Go to a party see five girls standing alone: 'Boy if I had a whole jug of Spanish fly, I'd light that corner up over there. HAAAAAAH.'

  Bill Cosby

  Girl, Crazy, Party

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• The best Christmas trees come very close to exceeding nature. If some of our great decorated trees had been grown in a remote forest area with lights that came on every evening as it grew dark, the whole world would come to look at them and marvel at the mystery of their great beauty.

  Andy Rooney

  Dark, Tree, Forests

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• People in distress behave in a stressful way. They aren't all sweetness and light. They don't behave well when they are unhappy. That's just what I've observed.

  Penelope Wilton

  People, Unhappy, Way

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