Quotes by Light The speckled sky is dim with snow, John Townsend Trowbridge lightskyfall Colors are the deeds/ and sufferings of light. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe colorlightart I keep some portion of my early gleam; John Townsend Trowbridge lightdreammoving It is a myth that man in his natural state is genuinely seeking God. Men do seek God. But they do not seek him for who he is. They seek him in a pinch as one who might preserve them from death or enhance their worldly enjoyments. Apart from conversion, no one comes to the light of God. John Piper lightmightmen The magic of the music seems to light the way. John Lennon magiclightway When people decide that a certain way of faith is destined and inevitable, hatred and intolerance follow. Instead of saying, 'The Light is within you, choose the Light,' the message becomes 'Agree with our version of history or we'll kill you.' John Twelve Hawks lighthatredpeople I do a lot of conferences, a lot of leadership training. For about six or seven years I've been making this statement - every time I make it, I can see people just kind of - it's just one of those light bulb moments. John C. Maxwell lightpeopleyears And I will place within them as a guide My umpire conscience, whom if they will hear Light after light well used they shall attain, And to the end persisting, safe arrive. John Milton umpireslightsafe Often a successful problem-solver is one who creates a new context in which to view the problem. This can often be done by directing one's attention away from the distracting details of the difficulty. From a detached perspective, we may examine the situation in a new or different light and, after exploring information and options, choose an appropriate course of action. John Templeton often-islightsuccessful Fill each day with light and heart. John Tillotson each-daylightheart My entire delight was in observing without being myself noticed,- if I could have been invisible, all the better. . . to be in the midst of it, and rejoice and wonder at it, and help it if I could, - happier if it needed no help of mine, - this was the essential love of Nature in me, this the root of all that I have usefully become, and the light of all that I have rightly learned. John Ruskin naturelightroots If the pursuit of God's glory is not ordered above the pursuit of man's good in the affections of the heart and the priorities of the Church, man will not be well served, and God will not be duly honored. I am not pleading for a diminishing of missions but for a magnifying of God. When the flame of worship burns with the heat of God's true worth, the light of missions will shine to the darkest peoples on earth. And I long for that day to come! John Piper lightheartmen Cannery Row in Monterey in California is a poem, a stink, a grating noise, a quality of light, a tone, a habit, a nostalgia, a dream. John Steinbeck californialightdream Private prayer is like straw scattered here and there: If you set it on fire it makes a lot of little flames. But gather these straws into a bundle and light them, and you get a mighty fire, rising like a column into the sky; public prayer is like that. John Vianney lightfireprayer Science contributes to our culture in many ways, as a creative intellectual activity in its own right, as the light which has served to illuminate man's place in the universe, and as the source of understanding of man's own nature. John F. Kennedy lightcreativemen Narcissism and Christianity have little in common, yet the Romantic paradigm of artistic creativity, particularly in light of subsequent Freudian ideas, has tended to foster its share of narcissism. It was the tragic fate of Narcissus that he was so preoccupied with self that he could not appreciate God, nature, or the other. John Walford fatecreativitylight But peaceful was the night Wherein the Prince of Light His reign of peace upon the earth began. John Milton lightnightpeace He that hath light within their own breast, may sit in the centre and enjoy bright day. John Milton enjoylightmay Morn, Wak'd by the circling hours, with rosy hand Unbarr'd the gates of light. John Milton lightmorninghands Beauty deprived of its proper foils and adjuncts ceases to be enjoyed as beauty, just as light deprived of all shadows ceases to be enjoyed as light. John Ruskin shadowlightbeauty«215216217218219220221222223224225»
