A pessimist finds the darkness around the light but an optimist becomes the light in the darkness.

That is what you meant to me: a light that shone through the darkness.” (Your smile, p. 56)

You are magnificent – a jewel reflecting inwardly and outwardly, the light of the universe. Observe how you respond to beauty everywhere – you bear witness to everything. Be aware that you, yourself, are an...

Darkness scares us. We yearn for the comfort of light as it provides shape and form, allowing us to recognize and define what’s before us. But what is it we’re afraid of really? Not the...

Light always overcomes darkness.

The spotlight hides blemishes, and shadows hide from the brightness. When love shines down on you, you’ll be glad you purchased your Albino Survival Kit, available for sale starting at $99.99.

It’s not the light that’s attracting me, but the darkness that’s driving me on.

We are in this together. None of us truly walk in isolation, even when we cannot sense the presence of another for miles upon miles. Even in the worst of our desolation. Even during our...

There is a deep light within my soul.

Darkness will always try to extinguish the light. The light will always try to repress the darkness.

What would be possible,if you truly believed?Hardcore, soft heart, down-to-the-bone, up-through-the-atmosphere. Tell. No. Lies. Pinky promise, scout’s honor, cross your heart + hope to LIVE life to the fullest—belief? I DOUBLE-DOG DARE you to honestly,...

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, ‘Who am...

Dark night lay on my eyes, like a veil of black cloves – dust on my feet, at the beginning of the path of knowledge.Tracer from an invisible hand, a rainbow, fell in my thoughts...

Up then, fair phoenix bride, frustrate the sun;Thyself from thine affectionTakest warmth enough, and from thine eyeAll lesser birds will take their jollity.Up, up, fair bride, and callThy stars from out their several boxes, takeThy...

I’m a humor writer, so I don’t always present myself in the best light.

God is the only book that can never be touched, open and seen.

There is always that choice, the light or the dark

Dont give up because you are not getting much.Keep shining ur light no matter how small.God makes all things(small/big)beautiful in his time

From whichever direction or from whoever the light comes to you, always welcome it!

Whenever we make the choice to bring fear into the light with truth-seeking questions, we shall find soul-growing answers.

I give myself up to darkness; and wish I may never again be required to lift my head to the light.

The more light in your composition, the more generous you are. That is the first sign of a true light warrior. They give without waiting for you to ask. They give without expecting to be...

He tilted my head up with his index finger. Tingles spread on my skin. “Pain, obstacles, betrayal and all shitty things that happen in life shape everyone, just as much as good things do. Don’t...

There is no place so dark that light cannot lead the way.

Most of us are imprisoned by something. We’re living in darkness until something flips on the switch.

He’ll have to do without me, Jamie thought, not looking back. And then clearly, as if he’d been told, he knew Grenville /could/ do without him. There was somewhere else he had to go now,...

When you light a candle, you also cast a shadow.

See the light in others, and treat them as if that is all you see.

Photographs don’t discriminate between the living and the dead. In the fragments of time and shards of light that compose them, everyone is equal. Now you see us; now you don’t. It doesn’t matter whether...

I laugh, and it’s laughter, not light, that casts out the darkness building within me, that reminds me I am still alive, even in this strange place whereeverything I’ve ever known is coming apart. I...

What was a little dark, anyway? Just no sun, [Petra] reminded herself as her sneakers pounded toward the opening. Just dark, all three fine, she whispered to herself again and again, spinning the words outward...

I believe that when death closes our eyes we shall awaken to a light, of which our sunlight is but the shadow.

My belief is that when you’re telling the truth, you’re close to God. If you say to God, “I am exhausted and depressed beyond words, and I don’t like You at all right now, and...

There is no knowledge, no light, no wisdom that you are in possession of, but what you have received it from some source.

In a futile attempt to erase our past, we deprive the community of our healing gift. If we conceal our wounds out of fear and shame, our inner darkness can neither be illuminated nor become...

I can think of nothing but the stars. It is like a piece of my soul had been lost, empty, and it is now filled with the light of a million stars. They are all...

I need to have a quick wardrobe. Two or three blazers with dark gray pants, two pairs of jeans, two light blue shirts, a casual shirt, two pairs of shoes, one formal one not. Small...

Shakespeare reveals human nature brilliantly: he shines a light on our instinctive desire to dominate each other.

LightThat’s how I feel-like the winter-fringedbreeze might scoopme up into its wings,flyaway with me trappedin its feathered embrace.I am a snowflake.A wisp of eiderdown,liberatedfrom gravity. My bodyis light. Ephemeral.My head is light.I want to swaybeneaththe...

The light was only just visible – except of course that there was no one to see, no witnesses, not this time, but it was nevertheless a light.

The Gospel of Thomas claims to be the secret sayings of Jesus. There are 114 of them, so it says many things, but the central message is that Jesus is the one who reveals the...

He falls quiet again and tries to understand how he can be saying these things, how it can be that his dark words are coming out into the light and yet he is still alive....

There are no shadows in darkness. Shadows are created by light, and only exist in the presence of light. Refusing to acknowledge our shadow leads us to deny the presence of light in us.

Have trembled beneath the pressure of a light beam.

I was waiting for you,” said Gregory. “Might I have a moment’s conversation?””Certainly. About what?” asked Syme in a sort of weak wonder.Gregory struck out with his stick at the lamp-post, and then at the...

It was as if his song was one voice, calling out into the darkness until it was answered by another, harmonizing with its own unique voice and emotion to create something even more beautiful than...

Strange how seeing the light can make a person feel so alone in the darkness

Everything was hysterically funny, even the playground slide was smiling at us, and at some point, deep in the night, when we were winging on the jungle gym and showers of sparks were flying out...

…what he told himself on those sea-soaked nights…Others joined in and it was discovered that every light had a story-no, every light was a story. And the flashes themselves were the stories going out over...

Love is light.Light is life.