60+ Quotes About Light to Illuminate Your Life

10. “Light is to darkness what love is to fear; in the presence of one the other disappears.” – Marianne Williamson

11. “Light must come from inside. You cannot ask the darkness to leave; you must turn on the light.” – Sogyal Rinpoche

12. “Light is the symbol of truth.” – James Russell Lowell

13. “The light shines in the darkness and the darkness comprehended it not.” – Bible

14. “We are told to let our light shine, and if it does, we won’t need to tell anybody it does. Lighthouses don’t fire cannons to call attention to their shining- they just shine.” – Dwight L. Moody

15. “At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us.” – Albert Schweitzer

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16. “If there is light in the soul, there will be beauty in the person. If there is beauty in the person, there will be harmony in the house. If there is harmony in the house, there will be order in the nation. If there is order in the nation, there will be peace in the world.” – Chinese Proverb

17. “It is better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

18. “We are indeed the light of the world — but only if our switch is turned on.” – John Hagee

19. “It’s not necessary to blow out your neighbor’s light to let your own shine.” – M.R. Dehaan

20. “Nothing can dim the light that shines from within.” – Maya Angelou

21. “But my darling, there’s no such thing as the light at the end of the tunnel, you must realize that you are the light.” – Anonymous

22. “No degree of worldly darkness can extinguish the glow of a soul’s inner light.” – Wes Fesler

23. “You may think your light is small, but it can make a huge difference in other people’s lives.” – Anonymous

24. “Listen to the inner light; it will guide you. Listen to the inner peace; it will feed you. Listen to the inner love; it will transform you.” – Sri Chinmoy

25. “Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.” – Desmond Tutu

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26. “Only when we are brave enough to explore the darkness will we discover the infinite power of our light.” – Brene Brown

27. “If light is in your heart, you will find your way home.” – Rumi

28. “It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.” – Aristotle

29. “We cannot hold a torch to light another’s path without brightening our own.” – Ben Sweetland

30. “People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in their true beauty is revealed only if there is light from within.” – Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

31. “Turn your face to the sun and the shadows fall behind you.” – Maori Proverb

32. “An age is called “dark,” not because the light fails to shine but because people refuse to see it.” – James Michener

33. “Gorgeous, glowing rays of light…This was what true beauty and goodness looked like– a spectral, luminescent gathering of beings so pure it hurt to look directly at them, like the most glorious eclipse, or maybe Heaven itself.” – Lauren Kate

34. “Moons and years pass by and are gone forever, but a beautiful moment shimmers through life a ray of light.” – Franz Grillparzer

35. “The rays of happiness, like those of light, are colorless when unbroken.” – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

36. “There’s a sorrow and pain in everyone’s life, but every now and then there’s a ray of light that melts the loneliness in your heart and brings comfort like hot soup and a soft bed.” – Hubert Selby, Jr.

“The sun always shines above the clouds.” – Paul F. Davis

“Even the sun directs our gaze away from itself and to the life illumined by it.” – Eberhard Arnold

“When the sun is shining I can do anything; no mountain is too high, no trouble too difficult to overcome.” – Wilma Rudolph

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“Daylight follows a dark night.” – Proverb

“The sun shines on everybody. You’ve got to keep believing.” – Dontrelle Willis

“Sunshine is a welcome thing. It brings a lot of brightness.” – Jimmie Davis

“When sun shines, it not only brightens our day; it enlightens us, our soul, cleansing it of the gloominess that the night’s darkness had brought in.” – Tista Ray

“The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the wide world’s joy.” – Henry Ward Beecher

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37. “Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart.” – Kahlil Gibran

37. “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

38. “Never fear shadows. They simply mean there’s a light shining somewhere nearby.” – Ruth E. Renkel

39. “Is there anything more loyal than the sun?” – Mary Oliver

40. “There they stand, the innumerable stars, shining in order like a living hymn, written in light.” – N.P. Willis

41. “We all walk in the dark and each of us must learn to turn on his or her own light.” – Earl Nightingale

42. “In the right light, at the right time, everything is extraordinary.” – Aaron Rose

43. “From within or from behind, a light shines through us upon things, and makes us aware that we are nothing, but the light is all.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

44. “Know that darkness is merely the absence of light. You can be the small candle that defeats the vast darkness.” – Jonathan Lockwood Huie

45. “Know that when you live joyfully, you radiate your light into the world.” – Jonathan Lockwood Huie

46. “As we let our light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence actually liberates others.” – Marianne Williamson

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47. “Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle. Happiness never decreases by being shared.” – Buddha

48. “Look at how a single candle can both defy and define the darkness.” – Anne Frank

49. “Just as one candle lights another and can light thousands of other candles, so one heart illuminates another heart and can illuminate thousands of other hearts” – Leo Tolstoy

50. “A candle loses nothing when it lights another candle.” – Thomas Jefferson

51. “All the darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light of a single candle.” – Francis of Assisi

52. “There is a candle in your heart, ready to be kindled. There is a void in your soul, ready to be filled. You feel it, don’t you?” – Rumi

53. “If you have knowledge, let others light their candles in it.” – Margaret Fuller

54. “To see a candle’s light one must take it into a dark place.” – Ursula K. Le Guin

55. “Every little candle is a great knight fighting against the darkness! Every time you feel yourself tiny, remember these brave candles!” – Mehmet Murat Ildan

56. “We are not here to curse the darkness, but to light the candle that can guide us through that darkness to a safe and sane future.” – John F. Kennedy

57. “Instead of cursing the darkness, light a candle.” – Benjamin Franklin

58. “Enthusiasm is the match that lights the candle of achievement.” – William Arthur Ward

59. “Do not worry if all the candles in the world flicker and die. We have the spark that starts the fire.” – Rumi

60. “One idea lights a thousand candles.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

61. “You can curse the darkness or light a candle. The choice is yours.” – Patrick Kane

More Quotes About Darkness and Light

“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.” – Martin Luther King, Jr.

“We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.” – Plato

“One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious.” – Carl Jung

“It was the possibility of darkness that made the day seem so bright.” – Stephen King

“Deep into that darkness peering long, stood there wondering fearing doubting.” – Edgar Allan Poe

“There is nothing in the dark that isn’t there when the lights are on.” – Rod Serling

“We’ve all got both light and dark inside us. What matters is the part we choose to act on that’s who we really are.” – Sirius Black

“There are darknesses in life and there are lights, and you are one of the lights, the light of all lights.” – Bram Stoker

“There isn’t enough darkness in all the world to snuff out the light of one little candle.” – Robert Alden

“Every moment of light and dark is a miracle.” – Walt Whitman

“Fear grows in darkness; if you think there’s a bogeyman around, turn on the light.” – Dorothy Thompson

“Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.” – Helen Keller

“Those who fear the darkness have no idea what the light can do.” – Katasai Rakshasa

“When darkness falls, beauty is lit from within.” – Johnathan Jena

“Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darknesses of other people.” – Carl Jung

“I have learned things in the dark that I could never have learned in the light, things that have saved my life over and over again, so that there is really only one logical conclusion. I need darkness as much as I need light.” – Barbara Brown Taylor

“Education is the movement from darkness to light.” – Allan Bloom

“Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this too, was a gift.” – Mary Oliver

“It is often in the darkest skies that we see the brightest stars.” – Richard Evans

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