Quotes by Light Writing is to descend like a miner to the depths of the mine with a lamp on your forehead, a light whose dubious brightness falsifies everything, whose wick is in permanent danger of explosion, whose blinking illumination in the coal dust exhausts and corrodes your eyes. Blaise Cendrars lighteyewriting There is enough light for those who only desire to see, and enough obscurity for those who have a contrary disposition Blaise Pascal obscuritylightdesire Our senses perceive no extreme. Too much sound deafens us; too much light dazzles us; too great distance or proximity hinders ourview. Too great length and too great brevity of discourse tends to obscurity; too much truth is paralyzing.... In short, extremes are for us as though they were not, and we are not within their notice. They escape us, or we them. Blaise Pascal distancelighttruth It is certain that those who have the living faith in their hearts see at once that all existence is none other than the work of the God whom they adore. But for those in whom this light is extinguished, [if we were to show them our proofs of the existence of God] nothing is more calculated to arouse their contempt. . . . Blaise Pascal prooflightheart God only pours out his light into the mind after having subdued the rebellion of the will by an altogether heavenly gentleness which charms and wins it. Blaise Pascal lightmindwinning Our senses will not admit anything extreme. Too much noise confuses us, too much light dazzles us, too great distance or nearness prevents vision, too great prolixity or brevity weakens an argument, too much pleasure gives pain, too much accordance annoys. Blaise Pascal distancepainlight True eloquence makes light of eloquence, true morality makes light of morality; that is to say, the morality of the judgment, which has no rules, makes light of the morality of the intellect.... To make light of philosophy is to be a true philosopher. Blaise Pascal moralitylightphilosophy True eloquence makes light of eloquence. True morality makes light of morality. Blaise Pascal eloquencemoralitylight Let us now speak according to natural lights. If there is a God, He is infinitely incomprehensible. . . . We are then incapable of knowing of either what He is or if He is. . . . Blaise Pascal if-there-is-a-godlightknowing The classic comedian says there's nothing that's taboo; if you laugh at one thing you've got to laugh at everything, that comedy is taking people to dark areas and showing them the light. Bo Burnham lightdarklaughing We're all stumbling towards the light with varying degrees of grace at any given moment. Bo Lozoff degreeslightgrace People so far have been very fond of the Robert Altman movie, as I am, and when one things goes well it shines light on your other projects and now I seem to have a number of projects that are moving forward. Bob Balaban lightmoving-forwardnumbers You can't fool television viewers with dancing girls and flashing lights Bob Barker girldancinglight After several trillion dollars of stimulation by the Obama Administration and the Fed, one might think the economy would be chugging along at a pretty good clip. But, it just isn't so, and the light at the end of the tunnel is pretty dim. Just ask a small business owner. Bob Beauprez tunnelslightthinking May you grow up to be righteous, may you grow up to be true. May you always know the truth and see the lights surrounding you. May you always be courageous, stand upright and be strong. May you stay forever young. Bob Dylan growing-uplightstrong They say everything can be replaced, Yet every distance is not near. So I remember every face Of every man who put me here. I see my light come shining From the west unto the east. Any day now, any day now, I shall be released. Bob Dylan distancelightmen Keep a good head and always carry a light bulb. Bob Dylan light-bulbbulbslight I was headed for the fantastic lights. No doubt about it. Could it be that I was being deceived? Not likely. I don't think I had enough imagination to be deceived; had no false hope, either. I'd come from a long ways off and had started from a long ways down. But now destiny was about to manifest itself. I felt like it was looking right at me and nobody else. Bob Dylan destinylightthinking Everybody has their own idea of what's a poet. Robert Frost, President Johnson, T.S.Eliot, Rudolf Valentino - they're all poets. I like to think of myself as the one who carries the light bulb. Bob Dylan lightideasthinking The tree of life is growing where the spirit never dies, and the bright light of salvation shines in dark and empty skies. Bob Dylan lightdarkphilosophy«4142434445464748495051»
