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* The black moment is the moment when the real message of transformation is going to come. At the darkest moment comes the light.
* The black moment is the moment when the real message of transformation is going to come. At the darkest moment comes the light.
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** [[Joseph Campbell]],
in
''[[w: The Power of Myth| The Power of Myth]]'' (1988), Ch. 2 : The Journey Inward
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** [[Joseph Campbell]], ''[[w: The Power of Myth| The Power of Myth]]'' (1988), Ch. 2 : The Journey Inward
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* A man should learn to detect and watch that gleam of light which flashes across his mind from within, more than the lustre of the firmament of bards and sages. Yet he dismisses without notice his thought, because it is his. In every work of genius we recognize our own rejected thoughts: they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty.
* A man should learn to detect and watch that gleam of light which flashes across his mind from within, more than the lustre of the firmament of bards and sages. Yet he dismisses without notice his thought, because it is his. In every work of genius we recognize our own rejected thoughts: they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty.
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* Nations will certainly go to your light, and kings to the brightness of your shining forth.
* Nations will certainly go to your light, and kings to the brightness of your shining forth.
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** Isaiah 60:3
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** Isaiah 60:3
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* There is strong shadow where there is much light.
* There is strong shadow where there is much light.
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** [[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe]],
in
''[[w:Götz von Berlichingen|Götz von Berlichingen]]'', Act I (1773).
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** [[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe]], ''[[w:Götz von Berlichingen|Götz von Berlichingen]]'', Act I (1773).
* I am the light of the world.
* I am the light of the world.
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* And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
* And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
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** [[w: John the Evangelist| John the Evangelist]], in [http://bible.cc/john/1-5.htm ''John 1:5] (KJV)
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** [[w: John the Evangelist| John the Evangelist]], in [http://bible.cc/john/1-5.htm ''John 1:5] (KJV)
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* Our faith is a light by nature coming of our endless Day, that is our Father, God. In which light our Mother, Christ, and our good Lord, the Holy Ghost, leadeth us in this passing life. This light is measured discreetly, needfully standing to us in the night. The light is cause of our life; the night is cause of our pain and of all our woe: in which we earn meed and thanks of God. For we, with mercy and grace, steadfastly know and believe our light, going therein wisely and mightily.
* Our faith is a light by nature coming of our endless Day, that is our Father, God. In which light our Mother, Christ, and our good Lord, the Holy Ghost, leadeth us in this passing life. This light is measured discreetly, needfully standing to us in the night. The light is cause of our life; the night is cause of our pain and of all our woe: in which we earn meed and thanks of God. For we, with mercy and grace, steadfastly know and believe our light, going therein wisely and mightily.
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** [[Julian of Norwich]],
in
''Revelations of Divine Love'' (c. 1393)
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** [[Julian of Norwich]], ''Revelations of Divine Love'' (c. 1393)
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* And this I know; whether the one True Light<br>Kindle to Love, or Wrath consume me quite,<br>One flash of it within the Tavern caught<br>Better than in the temple lost outright.
* And this I know; whether the one True Light<br>Kindle to Love, or Wrath consume me quite,<br>One flash of it within the Tavern caught<br>Better than in the temple lost outright.
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* [[Genius]] is not so much a light as it is a constant [[awareness]] of the surrounding gloom.
* [[Genius]] is not so much a light as it is a constant [[awareness]] of the surrounding gloom.
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** [[Stanisław Lem]], in ''His Master's Voice'' (1968) as translated by Michael Kandel (1983)
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** [[Stanisław Lem]], in ''His Master's Voice'' (1968) as translated by Michael Kandel (1983)
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* I will love the light for it shows me the way. Yet I will endure the darkness for it shows me the stars.
* I will love the light for it shows me the way. Yet I will endure the darkness for it shows me the stars.
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* An age is called Dark not because the light fails to shine, but because people refuse to see it.
* An age is called Dark not because the light fails to shine, but because people refuse to see it.
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** [[James A. Michener]],
in
''[[w:Space (novel)|Space]]'' (1982).
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** [[James A. Michener]], ''[[w:Space (novel)|Space]]'' (1982).
* With thy long levell'd rule of streaming light.
* With thy long levell'd rule of streaming light.
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* Light became their favorite subject on account of its mathematical obediance 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.
* Light became their favorite subject on account of its mathematical obediance 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.
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** [[Novalis]], ''Christendom or Europe'' (1799) referring to the French Enlightenment
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** [[Novalis]], ''Christendom or Europe'' (1799) referring to the French Enlightenment
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* In faith there is enough light for those who want to believe and enough shadows to blind those who don't.
* In faith there is enough light for those who want to believe and enough shadows to blind those who don't.
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* In the right light, at the right time, everything is extraordinary.
* In the right light, at the right time, everything is extraordinary.
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** [[w:Aaron Rose|Aaron Rose]], quoted in ''The Reader's Digest'' Vol. 152 (1998), p. 185, also in ''Live in the Light : A Journal of Self-Enlightenment'' (2003) by Mary Engelbreit
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** [[w:Aaron Rose|Aaron Rose]], quoted in ''The Reader's Digest'' Vol. 152 (1998), p. 185, also in ''Live in the Light : A Journal of Self-Enlightenment'' (2003) by Mary Engelbreit
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* Light seeking light doth light of light beguile:<br>So, ere you find where light in darkness lies,<br>Your light grows dark by losing of your eyes
* Light seeking light doth light of light beguile:<br>So, ere you find where light in darkness lies,<br>Your light grows dark by losing of your eyes
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* There are two kinds of light — the glow that illumines, and the glare that obscures.
* There are two kinds of light — the glow that illumines, and the glare that obscures.
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** [[James Thurber]],
in
''Lanterns and Lances'' (1963).
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** [[James Thurber]], ''Lanterns and Lances'' (1963).
* Love is not consolation, it is light.
* Love is not consolation, it is light.