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The Light
«I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live by the light that I have. I must stand with anybody that stands right, and stand with him while he is right, and part with him when he goes wrong.»
«That which causes us trials shall yield us triumph: and that which make our hearts ache shall fill us with gladness. The only true happiness is to learn, to advance, and to improve: which could not happen unless we had commence with error, ignorance, and imperfection. We must pass through the darkness, to reach the light.»
Author: Albert Pike
(Journalist, Lawyer, Soldier)
| Keywords:
ache, ached, advance, causes, commence, commenced, commences, darkness, error, fill, gladness, happen, imperfection, improve, on trial, pass, pass through, reach, the darkness, The Light, The Trial, Trials, trial and error, triumph, yield, yield up
«Some people change their ways when they see the light; others when they feel the heat»
Author: Caroline Schoeder
| Keywords:
heat, heated up, heating, heats, heat up, light, see the light, The Light, ways
«I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness because it shows me the stars.»
Author: Og Mandino
(Essayist, Psychologist)
| Keywords:
all star, darkness, endure, light, shows, starred, starring, stars, the darkness, The Light, The Way, yet
«There is not enough darkness in all the world to put out the light of even one small candle»
Author: Robert Alden
| Keywords:
all the, candle, come to light, darkness, enough, even, in all, is not, light, light up, One World, out, put, put out, put over, put through, put under, small, Small World, there is, The Light, the world, Very light, world
«There's no vocabulary For love within a family, love that's lived in But not looked at, love within the light of which All else is seen, the love within which All other love finds speech. This love is silent.»
Author: T.S. Eliot
(Critic, Editor, Playwright, Poet)
| Keywords:
family, Light Within, looked, speech, The Light
«Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind. To walk safely through the maze of human life, one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance of virtue.»
«On life's journey faith is nourishment, virtuous deeds are a shelter, wisdom is the light by day and right mindfulness is the protection by night. If a man lives a pure life, nothing can destroy him.»
Author: Buddha
| Keywords:
deeds, destroy, journey, mindfulness, nourishment, protection, protections, pure, shelter, sheltering, shelters, The Light, The Light of Day, virtuous
«My upbringing made me as I am now. But I can become merry and happy at once. There were many years I was feeling at a loss about my life or how I grew up. I couldn't understand what is right or what is precious. At that time, I was so miserable and self-defeating. I was feeling angry with various things. My anger came up to the surface then. I don't say such tendency has disappeared. Even now there are anger and the dark side in myself. But it's the first time I've been so close to the light.»
Author: Johnny Depp
(Actor)
| Keywords:
angry, at a loss, at once, came, close to, closing time, Dark Side, Dark Side of the, defeating, disappeared, first light, grew, loss, make merry, merrier, merry, miserable, precious, self-defeating, surface, surfaces, tendency, The Dark, The Light, The More the Merrier, upbringing, various
«Nations, like stars, are entitled to eclipse. All is well, provided the light returns and the eclipse does not become endless night. Dawn and resurrection are synonymous. The reappearance of the light is the same as the survival of the soul.»
Author: Victor Hugo
(Dramatist, Novelist, Poet)
| Keywords:
dawn, eclipse, eclipsed, eclipses, eclipsing, endless, entitle, entitled, entitles, His Resurrection, nations, provided, reappearance, resurrection, resurrections, returns, survival, survivals, synonymous, The Light
