In The Light Quotes

Architecture which enters into a symbiosis with light does not merely create form in light, by day and at night, but allow light to become form.

A scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it.

There are two kinds of light - the glow that illuminates, and the glare that obscures.

I write only for my shadow which is cast on the wall in front of the light. I must introduce myself to it.

I want to think again of dangerous and noble things. I want to be light and frolicsome. I want to be improbable and beautiful and afraid of nothing as though I had wings.

Critic asks: 'And what, sir, is the subject matter of that painting?' - 'The subject matter, my dear good fellow, is the light.

There is always a light within us that is free from all sorrow and grief, no matter how much we may be experiencing suffering.

My work is about your seeing. There is a rich tradition in painting of work about light, but it is not light -- it is the record of seeing. My material is light, and it is responsive to your seeing.

Beauty is rather a light that plays over the symmetry of things than that symmetry itself.

Painting is concerned with all the 10 attributes of sight; which are: Darkness, Light, Solidity and Colour, Form and Position, Distance and Propinquity, Motion and Rest.

Love is an emerald. Its brilliant light wards off dragons On this treacherous path.

Time is the wisest of all things that are; for it brings everything to light.

Blessed are the cracked, for they shall let in the light.

Light the incense! You have to burn to be fragrant.

Give light, and the darkness will disappear of itself.

Eyes see only light, ears hear only sound, but a listening heart perceives meaning.

A single candle can light a thousand more without diminishing itself.

Never regret thy fall, O Icarus of the fearless flight For the greatest tragedy of them all Is never to feel the burning light.

What is a soul? It's like electricity - we don't really know what it is, but it's a force that can light a room.

Men are like the stars; some generate their own light while others reflect the brilliance they receive.

We cannot wait for great visions from great people, for they are in short supply. It is up to us to light our own small fires in the darkness.

Call on your Lord when your heart is brittle, that is a time when it's in pieces and the Light of Allah can fill the gaps. That is why Allāh is with the broken hearted.

Our citizens may be deceived for awhile, and have been deceived; but as long as the presses can be protected, we may trust to them for light.

I see the light at the end of the tunnel, so I'm going hard.

Love is the last light spoken.

Do not fight the darkness, let the light in and the darkness will disappear.

As long as there are young men with the light of adventure in their eyes and a touch of wildness in their souls, rapids will be run.

Dim them lights get it in pimp tight do wat i do i lace up my own nikes.

Remember that you have a choice in what you see. If you choose to see a person's darkness, you strengthen your darkness within. If you choose to see their light, you shine from the inside out.

Make small commitments and keep them. Be a light, not a judge. Be a model, not a critic. Be a part of the solution, not the problem.

How did the rose ever open its heart and give to this world all of its beauty? It felt the encouragement of Light against its being; otherwise we all remain too frightened.

Even when clouds grow thick, the sun still pours its light earthward.

Music and art are the guiding lights of the world.

I do twenty minutes every time the refrigerator door opens and the light comes on.

Love changes darkness into light and makes the heart take a wingless flight.

Sometimes you get the best light from a burning bridge.

I refuse to let past bruises cover the light. It ain't all good, but it's all good enough so I know I'm alright

All the darkness in the world can't put out the light of one candle.

My candle burns at both ends; it will not last the night; but ah, my foes, and oh, my friends - it gives a lovely light!

Absorption in worldly affairs breeds darkness in the heart, and absorption in the affairs of the next world enkindles light in the heart

There's been a load of compromising, on the road to my horizon, but I'm gonna be where the lights are shining on me.

A piece of wall can be visually disintegrated from the whole into a separate triangle by plunging a diagonal of light from edge to edge on the wall; that is, side to floor, for instance.

Every day some new fact comes to light - some new obstacle which threatens the gravest obstruction. I suppose this is the reason which makes the game so well worth playing.

There's always going to be bad stuff out there. But here's the amazing thing -- light trumps darkness, every time. You stick a candle into the dark, but you can't stick the dark into the light.

Zeus, the father of the Olympic Gods, turned mid-day into night, hiding the light of the dazzling Sun; and sore fear came upon men.

A community receives light from its history, it becomes aware of itself by remembrance of its history.

Don't be afraid of the shadows, it only means there's a light nearby.

Expose every belief to the light of reason, discourse, facts, scientific observations; question everything, be sceptical because this is the only chance at life you will ever get.

Light does not come from light, but from darkness.

The book of Revelation says that we no longer need the sun or the moon, for Christ is the light of the world.