Quotes by Light These were everyday sounds magnified by darkness. And darkness was nothing - it was not a substance, it was not a presence, it was no more than an absence of light. Ian Mcewan everydaylightdarkness Not to create confusion in what is clear, but to throw light on what is obscure. Horace obscureconfusionlight Anyone who criticizes you cares about your friendship. Anyone who makes light of your faults cares nothing about you. Ibn Hazm faultscarelight The ignorant one does not see his ignorance as he basks in its darkness; nor does the knowledgeable one see his own knowledge, for he basks in its light Ibn Arabi lightignorancedarkness Men want a woman whom they can turn on and off like a light switch. Ian Fleming womenlightwant If we are like Christ, we shall seek, not to absorb, but to reflect the light which falls upon others, and thus we shall become pure and spotless. Henry Ward Beecher lightfallchrist The lights of some people precede their dhikr, while the dhikr of some people precede their lights. There is the one who does (loud) dhikr so that his heart be illumined; and there is the one whose heart has been illumined and he does (silent) dhikr. Ibn Ata Allah dhikrlightheart Women see everything or nothing according to the inclination of their hearts. Love is their sole light. Honore de Balzac lightheartlove We are all of us walking a razor's edge between darkness and light. Ichabod razorslightdarkness The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them. Ida B. Wells turnslightway There are things that happen so quickly. A better cameraman can capture them, but if the light is not bright and you hoist up your camera by the time you've dialed in your settings. There are eye blink moments where you're like "Aaahhhh, I wish," but those are too many to catalogue. Nothing really sticks out. Henry Rollins lighteyewish When the invocation descends into the heart, if there is darkness within, it illuminates it; and if there is already light, the invocation increases the light and intensifies it. Ibn Ata Allah darkness-withinlightheart Some people enjoy taking a light stroll in the morning and that gives them relief and that sort of feeling. That is what I gain by practicing, by swinging the bat. Ichiro Suzuki lightmorningpeople Invoking removes darkness and brings forth radiant lights. Ibn Ata Allah removelightdarkness The sun rose on the flawless brimming sea into a sky all brazen-all one brightening for gods immortal and for mortal men on plowlands kind with grain. Homer lightseamen As Buddhist monks, our task is to bring ourselves resolutely more and more into light, to forgive and forget, to forget those who create problems for us because to remember them is only to keep problems is mind. Frederick Lenz buddhistbuddhismlight We seek to unify ourselves with the endless light of truth, of God, of nirvana. We recognize the infinite playing through all beings and all forms, but we only have to concern ourselves with ourselves. Frederick Lenz buddhistbuddhismlight Consonance, says the dictionary, is the combination of several tones into a harmonic unit. Dissonance results from the deranging of this harmony by the addition of tones foreign to it. One must admit that all this is not clear. Ever since it appeared in our vocabulary, the word 'dissonance' has carried with it a certain odor of sinfulness. Let us light our lantern: in textbook language, dissonance is an element of transition, a complex or interval of tones that is not complete in itself and that must be resolved to the ear's satisfaction into a perfect consonance. Igor Stravinsky vocabularylightperfect I became Iggy because I had a sadistic boss at a record store. I'd been in a band called the Iguanas. And when this boss wanted to embarrass and demean me, he'd say, 'Iggy, get me a coffee, light.' Iggy Pop iguanascoffeelight It was thought, perception, sensations that interested her, the conscious mind as a river through time, and how to represent its onward roll, as well as all the tributaries that would swell it, and the obstacles that would divert it. If only she could reproduce the clear light of a summer's morning. Ian Mcewan lightsummermorning«169170171172173174175176177178179»
