Quotes by Darkness As a man of pleasure, by a vain attempt to be more happy than any man can be, is often more miserable than most men are, so the sceptic, in a vain attempt to be wise beyond what is permitted to man, plunges into a darkness more deplorable, and a blindness more incurable than that of the common herd, whom he despises, and would fain instruct. Charles Caleb Colton darkness wise men Some frauds succeed from the apparent candor, the open confidence, and the full blaze of ingenuousness that is thrown around them. The slightest mystery would excite suspicion and ruin all. Such stratagems may be compared to the stars; they are discoverable by darkness and hidden only by light. Charles Caleb Colton stars light darkness I'm not...' Angharad began, but then she thought. Not what? Not a bad person? Perhaps. But had she never known anger? Never held unkind thoughts? The stranger's observation was valid. No one was innocent of darkness. Charles de Lint innocent stranger darkness Fortune-telling doesn't reveal the future; it mirrors the present. It resonates against what your subconscious already knows and hauls it up out of the darkness so you can get a good look at it. Charles de Lint mirrors darkness looks Darkness is cheap, and Scrooge liked it. Charles Dickens scrooge darkness winter In opposition... to all the suggestions of the devil, the sole, simple, and sufficient answer is the word of God. This puts to flight all the powers of darkness. Charles Hodge simple darkness christian If, unable to solve the mysteries of Providence, we plunge into Atheism, we only increase a thousand fold the darkness by which we are surrounded Charles Hodge atheism mystery darkness I would write my editorials using a manual typewriter in pitch-black darkness... I would produce the whole thing without having seen the text. Charles Krauthammer typewriters darkness writing I preach darkness. I don't inspire hope—only shadows. It's up to you to find the light in my words. Charles Lee light darkness inspire Darkness is the fit hour for beasts of prey, and ignorance the natural dwelling place of cruelty. Charles Spurgeon dwelling-place ignorance darkness Sometimes we have to go to the darkness alone, before we can see the light. Charles Winninger light darkness sometimes I had diverged, digressed, wandered, and become wild. I didn't embrace the word as my new name because it defined negative aspects of my circumstances or life, but because even in my darkest days—those very days in which I was naming myself—I saw the power of the darkness. Saw that, in fact, I had strayed and that I was a stray and that from the wild places my straying had brought me, I knew things I couldn't have known before. Cheryl Strayed wild-places darkness names Narrative is a very feeble weapon in the face of human darkness and yet it's all we have. That we have to hang the transformation and survival of our species on the journey and transformation of one singular person so far outside of what we expect they can do. Chris Abani survival journey darkness You can count on Scandinavian literature for a certain kind of darkness, a modern mythic style. Chris Abani style literature darkness A man without the Holy Ghost is a blind man. He may not know it but that's what blindness is all about. A blind man is not just someone who cannot see, he can see alright, but all he sees is darkness. It's the same thing in the realm of the spirit. A blind man in the realm of the spirit is one who doesn't know the things of the spirit, he can't see the things of the Spirit of God. But when the Holy Spirit comes into your life, you will no longer be blind because He will cause you to see what others can't see. Chris Oyakhilome darkness may men There is something about laughter that can take away all the darkness. Christina Applegate laughter darkness Yet if you should forget me for a while Christina Rossetti mourning darkness grieving Jesus didn't come to make us safe. He came to make us dangerous to the kingdom of darkness. Christine Caine darkness safe jesus Not unlike the toaster, I control darkness. Christopher Moore toasters badass darkness Darkness approaches from outside. I feel no light inside me strong enough to resist it. Christopher Pike light strong darkness «7891011121314151617»