Quotes by Light Philosophy cannot be extinguished, though men will try ... The spirit seeks the light, that is its nature. It wishes to return to its origin, and must forever try to reach enlightenment. Iain Pears lightmenphilosophy I make up my own mind in light of available facts, with my own experience and a sense of personal ethics. Ian Anderson lightmindfacts Actually a lot of the supposedly serious and meaningful and worthwhile content on the podcast or on the television is no more or less meaningful than the clothes in the laundry basket or the dishes in the sink. It's more a matter of the attention you're willing to bring to them, where you're willing to allow meaning and pleasure and the light to escape. Ian Bogost clotheslightmeaningful We're used to thinking of fun as a sort of synonym for light pleasure. Ian Bogost lightfunthinking There is nothing original; all is reflected light. Honore de Balzac originalslight Today, all our wives and husbands have Blackberries or iPhones or Android devices or whatever-the progeny of those original 950 and 957 models that put data in our pockets. Now we all check their email (or Twitter, or Facebook, or Instagram, or) compulsively at the dinner table, or the traffic light. Now we all stow our devices on the nightstand before bed, and check them first thing in the morning. We all do. It's not abnormal, and it's not just for business. It's just what people do. Like smoking in 1965, it's just life. Ian Bogost husbandlightmorning Down sank the great red sun, and in golden, glimmering vapors Veiled the light of his face, like the Prophet descending from Sinai. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow sunsetredlight The swallow is come! The swallow is come! O, fair are the seasons, and light Are the days that she brings, With her dusky wings, And her bosom snowy white! Henry Wadsworth Longfellow lightwhitewings Retiring for good wasn't difficult. I knew at the time it was right. I was no longer capable of achieving the standards I'd set myself and there was no light at the end of the tunnel. Ian Botham tunnelslightretirement As you go into the light, you will gain a more profound happiness. That happiness will free you from the desire-aversion cycle. Frederick Lenz lightdesireprofound I have two children and it's amazing how in tune they are with nature, with light, with smells, with time. Hugh Jackman lighttwochildren When the days start to get shorter, I want to be in some nice brick building on the East Coast with the lights glowing in the windows. When the daylight starts changing, I want to be out West. Ian Frazier glowingnicelight Everything in Russia is made of cement - phone booths, fence posts and light bulbs. Ian Frazier russiaphoneslight Anxiety uses imagination to picture something you don't want. Vision uses imagination to picture something you DO want. Either way, you tend to get what you focus on. Imagine a future where you shine, others thrive, and the light of hope shines brighter in the world. If you can see it, you can be it. Ian Lawton futurelighthope Although we were not able to shatter that highest and hardest glass ceiling this time, thanks to you it has 18 million cracks in it, and the light is shining through like never before, filling us all with the hope and the sure knowledge that the path will be a little easier next time, and we are going to keep working to make it so, today keep with me and stand for me, we still have so much to do together, we made history, and lets make some more. Hillary Clinton glassesshininglight I'm from out of town," he said breezily. This was true. He'd never been within a hundred light-years of the place. Iain Banks townslightyears Climate has always changed. It always has and always will. Sea level has always changed. Ice sheets come and go. Life always changes. Extinctions of life are normal. Planet Earth is dynamic and evolving. Climate changes are cyclical and random. Through the eyes of a geologist, I would be really concerned if there were no change to Earth over time. In the light of large rapid natural climate changes, just how much do humans really change climate? Ian Plimer icelighteye It is about what you do when nobody is watching. Can you always stay on your grind, or are you only a star when the lights are on you and everybody is watching? Ian Warner starslightathlete For certain people, misfortune is a beacon that lights up the dark and baser sides of social life. Honore de Balzac lightdarkpeople Knowledge does not come to us in details, but in flashes of light from heaven. Henry David Thoreau lightinspirationknowledge«168169170171172173174175176177178»
