quotations about light
In the light, we read the inventions of others; in the darkness we invent our own stories.
ALBERTO MANGUEL
The Library at Night
Let Heaven's light be our guide.
PRINCE ALBERT
attributed, Day's Collacon
And this I know; whether the one True Light
Kindle to Love, or Wrath consume me quite,
One flash of it within the Tavern caught
Better than in the temple lost outright.
OMAR KHAYYAM
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
I will love the light for it shows me the way. Yet I will endure the darkness for it shows me the stars.
OG MANDINO
The Greatest Salesman in the World
We can take what used to be habitat and turn it into non-habitat simply by adding too much light.
TRAVIS LONGCORE
"Boulder scientists contribute to global light pollution atlas", Daily Camera, June 20, 2016
I have seen the sun with a little ray of distant light challenge all the powers of darkness, and without violence and noise, climbing up the hill, hath made night so retire that its memory was lost in the joys and sprightliness of the morning.
JEREMY TAYLOR
"The Faith and Patience of the Saints", Sermons
Let the light of the morning cease and return no more; let the hour of morning come, and bring with it no dawn; the outcries of a horror-stricken world fill the air, and make, as it were, the darkness audible. The beasts go wild and frantic at the loss of the sun; the vegetable growths turn pale and die; a chill creeps on, and frosty winds begin to howl across the freezing earth. Colder, yet colder is the night; the vital blood, at length, of creatures, stops congealed.
HORACE BUSHNELL
Sermons for the New Life
On the shores of darkness, there is light.
CORDELIA STRUBE
On the Shores of Darkness, There is Light
If we are like Christ, we shall seek, not to absorb, but to reflect the light which falls upon others, and thus we shall become pure and spotless.
HENRY WARD BEECHER
Life Thoughts
And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness. And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
BIBLE
Genesis 1:4-5
Our moments of light are moments of happiness; in the mind, when it is clear weather it is fine weather.
JOUBERT
attributed, Day's Collacon
May it be a light to you in dark places, when all other lights go out.
J. R. R. TOLKIEN
The Fellowship of the Ring
Light became their favorite subject on account of its mathematical obedience and freedom of movement. They were more interested in the play of its colors, and thus they named after it their great enterprise, the Enlightenment.
NOVALIS
Christendom or Europe
Light that makes things seen makes some things invisible. Were it not for darkness, and the shadow of the earth, the noblest part of creation had remained unseen, and the stars in heaven as invisible as on the fourth day, when they were created above the horizon with the sun, and there was not an eye to behold them.
SIR THOMAS BROWNE
Pseudodoxia Epidemica: Or Enquiries Into Very Many Received Tenents and Commonly Presumed Truths
No creature hath the like resemblance to the divine nature, as light hath. He doth not only dwell in light, but he is light. Light is a pure, bright, clear, spiritual, unmixed substance. God is infinitely so.
MATTHEW HENRY
The Life of the Rev. Philip Henry
The light of the day is followed by night, as a shadow follows a body.
ARISTOTLE
attributed, Day's Collacon
O Light, where art thou? Light! Darkness, avaunt!
Open the shutters, and let in more light!
EDWARD VAUGHAN KENEALY
Goethe: A New Pantomime
No one lights a lamp in order to hide it behind the door: the purpose of light is to create more light, to open people's eyes, to reveal the marvels around.
PAULO COELHO
The Witch of Portobello
We discovered the subtleties of the intricate molecular clocks governed by our brain and organs. We learned how metrics today increasingly drive the design and construction of thinner buildings, with more skylights, clerestories and atria, and that integrate electric lighting with daylight. We then contemplated how to incorporate these ideas into our own designs, to infuse our design process with a purposeful relationship to the outdoors, the connection to the ever changing sky, and lighting resources that are essential to human wellness.
ED CLARK & MARTY BRENNAN
"Why Light Matters: Designing with Circadian Health in Mind", Metropolis Mag, June 13, 2016
And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
BIBLE
John 1:5