105 Light Quotes and Sayings
In this post, you will find amazing light quotes and sayings.
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Short Light Sayings
“Come into the light of things. Let nature be your teacher.” —William Wordsworth
“To shine your brightest light is to be who you truly are.” —Roy T. Bennett
“It is in the darkness that one finds the light.” —Meister Eckhart
“It is better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness.” —Eleanor Roosevelt
“We are all broken, that’s how the light gets in.” —Ernest Hemingway
“Who can be close to you without the Divine Light of his heart?” —Sorin Cerin
“Information is light. Information in itself, about anything, is light.” —Tom Stoppard
“Sometimes you get the best light from a burning bridge.” —Don Henley
“When you can’t make them see the light, make them feel the heat.” —Ronald Reagan
“Give light, and the darkness will disappear of itself.” —Desiderius Erasmus
“The language of light can only be decoded by the heart.” —Suzy Kassem
“What is to give light must endure the burning.” —Eleanor Roosevelt
“If you have knowledge, let others light their candles at it.” —Thomas Fuller
“Keep your flame lit, and you will never feel darkness.” —J. Parker
“Even though it’s dark and cold there is always a shade of light.” —Angela Bernabe
“Sometimes the best lighting of all is a power failure.” —Doug Coupland
“In the right light, at the right time, everything is extraordinary.” —Aaron Rose
“If you have knowledge, let others light their candles in it.” —Margaret Fuller
“Turn your face to the sun and the shadows fall behind you.” —Maori Proverb
“Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart.” —Khalil Gibran
“May it be a light to you in dark places, when all other lights go out.” —J.R.R. Tolkien
“Light itself is a revelation.” —James Turrell
“To light a candle is to cast a shadow.” —Ursula K. Le Guin
“Darkness is just light turned inside out.” —Beelzebub
“Shadow owes its birth to light.” —John Gay
“To love beauty is to see light.” —Victor Hugo
“Virtue-even attempted virtue-brings light; indulgence brings fog.” —C.S. Lewis
“Nothing can dim the light which shines from within.” —Maya Angelou
“It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.” —Aristotle
“We were but stones,Your light made us stars.” —Unknown
“It is better to light a candle than curse the darkness.” —Eleanor Roosevelt
“Let light shine out of darkness.” —Unknown
“Light is the symbol of truth.” —James Russell Lowell
“It’s hard to be a bright light in a dim world.” —Gary Starta
“The sun is gone, but I have a light.” —Kurt Cobain
“Light is the shadow of God.” —Thomas Browne
“Moonlight is sculpture.” —Nathaniel Hawthorne
“Give light and people will find the way.” —Ella Baker
“There will always be a door to the light.” —Shiro Amano
“To light a candle is to cast a shadow.” —Ursula K. Le Guin
“Love is not consolation. It is light.” —Simone Weil
“Light tomorrow with today!” —Elizabeth Barrett Browning
“Be a light unto yourself.” —Buddha
“Live in rooms full of light.” —Cornelius Celsus
“The brighter the light, the deeper the shadow.” —Jay Kristoff
“Knowledge is love and light and vision.” —Helen Keller
“Love is not consolation. It is light.” —Friedrich Nietzsche
“Light tomorrow with today!” —Elizabeth Barrett Browning
“Love is not consolation, it is light.” —Simone Weil
“When you possess light within, you see it externally.” —Anas Nin
“Deep in their roots, all flowers keep the light.” —Theodore Roethke
“At the darkest moment comes the light.” —Joseph Campbell
“When you light a candle, you also cast a shadow.” —Ursula K. Le Guin
Light Sayings
“Love is a trap. When it appears, we see only its light, not its shadows.” —Paulo Coelho
“It’s not necessary to blow out your neighbor’s light to let your own shine.” —M.R. Dehaan
“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 cannot hold a torch to light another’s path without brightening our own.” —Ben Sweetland
“Love changes darkness into light and makes the heart take a wingless flight.” —Helen Steiner Rice
“Imperfection is the prerequisite for grace. Light only gets in through the cracks.” —Philip Yancey
“You have to find what sparks a light in you so that you in your own way can illuminate the world.” —Oprah Winfrey
“As we work to create light for others, we naturally light our own way.” —Mary Anne Radmacher
“Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.” —Helen Keller
“To secure one’s freedom the Christian must experience God’s light which is God’s truth.” —Watchman Nee
“An empty lantern provides no light. Self-care is the fuel that allows your light to shine brightly.” —Unknown
“There are two ways of spreading light; to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.” —Edith Wharton
“In the light, we read the inventions of others; in the darkness we invent our own stories.” —Alberto Manguel
“There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.” —Edith Wharton
“A smile is the light in the window of your face that tells people you’re at home.” —Unknown
“There are many who stumble in the noon-day, not for want of light, but for want of eyes.” —John Newton
“Do not aim low, you will miss the mark. Aim high and you will be on a threshold of bliss.” —B.K.S. Iyengar
“Faith is the strength by which a shattered world shall emerge into the light.” —Helen Keller
“I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness because it shows me the stars.” —Og Mandino
“Truth will ultimately prevail where there is pains to bring it to light.” —George Washington
“If we would guide by the light of reason we must let our minds be bold.” —Louis D. Brandeis
“Never fear shadows. They simply mean there’s a light shining somewhere nearby.” —Ruth E. Renkel
“If you have only a little ray of light, show out distinctly that you are for Him.” —G.V. Wigram
“The hardness of a diamond is part of its usefulness, but its true value is in the light that shines through it.” —B.K.S. Iyengar
“He who does not see the light in others does not see the light in himself.” —Doreen DeVore
“If you can see the light at the end of the tunnel, you are looking the wrong way.” —Barry Commoner
“In nature, light creates the color. In the picture, color creates the light.” —Hans Hofmann
“I make it my rule, to lay hold of light and embrace it, wherever I see it, though held forth by a child or an enemy.” —Jonathan Edwards
“Light must come from inside. You cannot ask the darkness to leave; you must turn on the light.” —Sogyal Rinpoche
“Faith is the bird that feels the light when the dawn is still dark.” —Rabindranath Tagore
“A good teacher is like a candle – it consumes itself to light the way for others.” —Mustafa Kemal Ataturk
“In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present.” —Francis Bacon
“We are indeed the light of the world–but only if our switch is turned on.” —John Hagee
“If a man is to shed the light of the sun upon other men, he must first of all have it within himself.” —Romain Rolland
“In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present.” —Francis Bacon
“Light is the first of painters. There is no object so foul that intense light will not make it beautiful.” —Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.” —Desmond Tutu
“Maybe you have to know the darkness before you can appreciate the light.” —Madeline L’Engle
“There are two kinds of light – the glow that illumines, and the glare that obscures.” —James Grover Thurber
“Let your light shine. Shine within you so that it can shine on someone else. Let your light shine.” —Oprah Winfrey
Top Ten Light Sayings
Here you will find top ten light sayings selected by our team.
- “It’s not necessary to blow out your neighbor’s light to let your own shine.” —M.R. Dehaan
- “A good teacher is like a candle – it consumes itself to light the way for others.” —Mustafa Kemal Ataturk
- “Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.” —Martin Luther King Jr.
- “Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.” —Helen Keller
- “It is better to light a candle than curse the darkness.” —Eleanor Roosevelt
- “Nothing can dim the light which shines from within.” —Maya Angelou
- “As we work to create light for others, we naturally light our own way.” —Mary Anne Radmacher
- “There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.” —Edith Wharton
- “Love is a trap. When it appears, we see only its light, not its shadows.” —Paulo Coelho
- “In the light, we read the inventions of others; in the darkness we invent our own stories.” —Alberto Manguel
