"For light I go directly to the Source of light, not to any of the reflections." ~ Peace Pilgrim
Be a lamp in brightness, and make the works of darkness cease, so that whenever your doctrine shines, no one may dare to heed the desires of darkness. ~ St. Ephrem Of Syria
Give light, and the darkness will disappear of itself. ~ Desiderius Erasmus
My childhood years were a balance of dark and light. ~ Martha Graham
There is a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in. ~ Leonard Cohen
All light is available light. ~ Paul Strand
From every human being there rises a light that reaches straight to heaven, and when two souls that are destined to be together find each other, the streams of light flow together and a single brighter light goes forth from that united being. ~ Ba'al Shem Tov
Before you can see the light, you have to deal with the darkness. ~ Dan Millman
One thing that comes out in myths is that at the bottom of the abyss comes the voice of salvation. The black moment is the moment when the real message of transformation is going to come. At the darkest moment comes the light. ~ Joseph Campbell
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
On each race is laid the duty to keep alight its own lamp of mind as its part in the illumination of the world. To break the lamp of any people is to deprive it of its rightful place in the world festival. ~ Rabindranath Tagore
Light is the shadow of God. ~ Thomas Browne, Religio Medici
Look at a person’s light, not their lampshade. ~ Gerald G. Jampolsky
In the far upper corner of my altar is a photo of Joan Crawford in her most fierce Mommy Dearest mode, just to remind me of some of the cost of everyone's hard-earned sweetness and light. ~ Alice Walker, Cushion in the Road
A light is a very, very tiny thing, but when many people light one, it becomes very, very bright. ~ Shinso Ito
It is up to you to illuminate the world. ~ Philippe Vernier, Not as the world giveth
