Welcome to our collection of illuminating quotes about light. Light is a fundamental element in our lives, symbolizing not only the absence of darkness but also knowledge, clarity, and hope. It has inspired countless poets, philosophers, scientists, and artists throughout history. On this page, you will find a curated selection of quotes that capture the essence of light in its various forms and meanings. Whether you’re looking for words to brighten your day or searching for inspiration, these quotes will shed some light on the subject. Feel free to use these quotes in your projects, whether it’s for personal reflection, sharing on social media, or adding them to your favorite images with stylish fonts. Explore the wisdom and beauty that light brings to our world as we journey through these enlightening quotes.
Atheism is so senseless. When I look at the solar system, I see the earth at the right distance from the sun to receive the proper amounts of heat and light. This did not happen by chance. Isaac Newton
For me, singing sad songs often has a way of healing a situation. It gets the hurt out in the open into the light, out of the darkness. Reba McEntire
It is so small a thing to have enjoyed the sun, to have lived light in the spring, to have loved, to have thought, to have done. Matthew Arnold
Love is like a friendship caught on fire. In the beginning a flame, very pretty, often hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. As love grows older, our hearts mature and our love becomes as coals, deep-burning and unquenchable. Bruce Lee
No matter what you’re going through, there’s a light at the end of the tunnel and it may seem hard to get to it but you can do it and just keep working towards it and you’ll find the positive side of things. Demi Lovato
At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us. Albert Schweitzer
Never fear to deliberately walk through dark places, for that is how you reach the light on the other side. Vernon Howard
One cool judgment is worth a thousand hasty counsels. The thing to do is to supply light and not heat. Woodrow Wilson
Give light, and the darkness will disappear of itself. Desiderius Erasmus
The perfect antidote to dark, cold and creepy is light, warm and cozy. Candice Olson
I really just want to be warm yellow light that pours over everyone I love. Conor Oberst
The light at the end of the tunnel is just the light of an oncoming train. Robert Lowell
To love beauty is to see light. Victor Hugo
Two qualities are indispensable: first, an intellect that, even in the darkest hour, retains some glimmerings of the inner light which leads to truth; and second, the courage to follow this faint light wherever it may lead. Carl von Clausewitz
So the darkness shall be the light, and the stillness the dancing. T. S. Eliot
Shadow owes its birth to light. John Gay
Sometimes that light at the end of the tunnel is a train. Charles Barkley
It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade. Charles Dickens
As we let our light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence actually liberates others. Marianne Williamson
People are like stained – glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
Talking about dreams is like talking about movies, since the cinema uses the language of dreams; years can pass in a second, and you can hop from one place to another. It’s a language made of image. And in the real cinema, every object and every light means something, as in a dream. Federico Fellini
What light is to the eyes – what air is to the lungs – what love is to the heart, liberty is to the soul of man. Robert Green Ingersoll
Love is not consolation. It is light. Friedrich Nietzsche
I’m so fast that last night I turned off the light switch in my hotel room and was in bed before the room was dark. Muhammad Ali
Rise above sectional interests and private ambitions… Pass from matter to spirit. Matter is diversity; spirit is light, life and unity. Muhammad Iqbal
Know your power, believe in yourself and don’t let anyone dim your light. Leigh-Anne Pinnock
If you are given a chance to be a role model, I think you should always take it because you can influence a person’s life in a positive light, and that’s what I want to do. That’s what it’s all about. Tiger Woods
Listen to the inner light; it will guide you. Listen to inner peace; it will feed you. Listen to inner love; it will transform you, it will divinise you, it will immortalise you. Sri Chinmoy
To send light into the darkness of men’s hearts – such is the duty of the artist. Robert Schumann
The light which puts out our eyes is darkness to us. Only that day dawns to which we are awake. There is more day to dawn. The sun is but a morning star. Henry David Thoreau
It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light. Aristotle Onassis
There is a fifth dimension, beyond that which is known to man. It is a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity. It is the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition. Rod Serling
Do not go gentle into that good night but rage, rage against the dying of the light. Dylan Thomas
Come forth into the light of things, let nature be your teacher. William Wordsworth
Help us to be ever faithful gardeners of the spirit, who know that without darkness nothing comes to birth, and without light nothing flowers. May Sarton
Truly, it is in darkness that one finds the light, so when we are in sorrow, then this light is nearest of all to us. Meister Eckhart
Education is the movement from darkness to light. Allan Bloom
Because you are women, people will force their thinking on you, their boundaries on you. They will tell you how to dress, how to behave, who you can meet and where you can go. Don’t live in the shadows of people’s judgement. Make your own choices in the light of your own wisdom. Amitabh Bachchan
There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it. Edith Wharton
Relish everything that’s inside of you, the imperfections, the darkness, the richness and light and everything. And that makes for a full life. Anthony Hopkins
Light tomorrow with today! Elizabeth Barrett Browning
We are not here to curse the darkness, but to light the candle that can guide us thru that darkness to a safe and sane future. John F. Kennedy
A light wind swept over the corn, and all nature laughed in the sunshine. Anne Bronte
I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live by the light that I have. I must stand with anybody that stands right, and stand with him while he is right, and part with him when he goes wrong. Abraham Lincoln
In nature, light creates the color. In the picture, color creates the light. Hans Hofmann
There is a crack in everything, that’s how the light gets in. Leonard Cohen
Chains of habit are too light to be felt until they are too heavy to be broken. Warren Buffett
An optimist may see a light where there is none, but why must the pessimist always run to blow it out? Rene Descartes
The art of art, the glory of expression and the sunshine of the light of letters, is simplicity. Walt Whitman
Light in Nature creates the movement of colors. Robert Delaunay
The beginnings and ends of shadow lie between the light and darkness and may be infinitely diminished and infinitely increased. Shadow is the means by which bodies display their form. The forms of bodies could not be understood in detail but for shadow. Leonardo da Vinci
We all walk in the dark and each of us must learn to turn on his or her own light. Earl Nightingale
We look at life from the back side of the tapestry. And most of the time, what we see is loose threads, tangled knots and the like. But occasionally, God’s light shines through the tapestry, and we get a glimpse of the larger design with God weaving together the darks and lights of existence. John Piper
To light a candle is to cast a shadow. Ursula K. Le Guin
Our posturings, our imagined self-importance, the delusion that we have some privileged position in the universe, are challenged by this point of pale light. Our planet is a lonely speck in the great enveloping cosmic dark. Carl Sagan
There is a single light of science, and to brighten it anywhere is to brighten it everywhere. Isaac Asimov
Yes, love indeed is light from heaven; A spark of that immortal fire with angels shared, by Allah given to lift from earth our low desire. Lord Byron
I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness because it shows me the stars. Og Mandino
When you look on the bright side, you’re acknowledging that there is a dark side at which you are choosing not to gaze. If you think that the darkest hour is before the dawn, you accept that you are moving from darkness to light. Srikumar Rao
The moment we begin to fear the opinions of others and hesitate to tell the truth that is in us, and from motives of policy are silent when we should speak, the divine floods of light and life no longer flow into our souls. Elizabeth Cady Stanton
You can hit the lowest low and face the darkest dark, but you can always get back up and get in the light. All of this is what actually makes life worth living. Kerli
Faith is the bird that feels the light when the dawn is still dark. Rabindranath Tagore
When you rise in the morning, give thanks for the light, for your life, for your strength. Give thanks for your food and for the joy of living. If you see no reason to give thanks, the fault lies in yourself. Tecumseh
Relationships are like traffic lights. And I just have this theory that I can only exist in a relationship if it’s a green light. Taylor Swift
The stars, that nature hung in heaven, and filled their lamps with everlasting oil, give due light to the misled and lonely traveller. John Milton
If you are in a spaceship that is traveling at the speed of light, and you turn on the headlights, does anything happen? Steven Wright
I saw also that there was an ocean of darkness and death, but an infinite ocean of light and love, which flowed over the ocean of darkness. George Fox
Don’t tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass. Anton Chekhov
Life is supposed to be about love and good times, and so I’ve forgiven myself after paying the consequences of my bad decisions, and I’m ready to move forward and allow my life to be a light to others that it’s never over, even for a person like me, who has lost a tremendous amount of respect among my peers, my fans, my friends and family. Jon Jones
The speed of light does not merely transform the world. It becomes the world. Globalization is the speed of light. Paul Virilio
There is a good principle which created order, light, and man, and an evil principle which created chaos, darkness, and woman. Pythagoras
Love is a trap. When it appears, we see only its light, not its shadows. Paulo Coelho
To all, to each, a fair good-night, and pleasing dreams, and slumbers light. Walter Scott
My candle burns at both ends; it will not last the night; but ah, my foes, and oh, my friends – it gives a lovely light! Edna St. Vincent Millay
We have all the light we need, we just need to put it in practice. Albert Pike
Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness. Desmond Tutu
The light of lights looks always on the motive, not the deed, the shadow of shadows on the deed alone. William Butler Yeats
Architecture is the learned game, correct and magnificent, of forms assembled in the light. Le Corbusier
In art, there is no need for color; I see only light and shade. Give me a crayon, and I will paint your portrait. Francisco Goya
If the whole universe has no meaning, we should never have found out that it has no meaning: just as, if there were no light in the universe and therefore no creatures with eyes, we should never know it was dark. Dark would be without meaning. C. S. Lewis
Get correct views of life, and learn to see the world in its true light. It will enable you to live pleasantly, to do good, and, when summoned away, to leave without regret. Robert E. Lee
They give birth astride of a grave, the light gleams an instant, then it’s night once more. Samuel Beckett
Light thinks it travels faster than anything but it is wrong. No matter how fast light travels, it finds the darkness has always got there first, and is waiting for it. Terry Pratchett
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Bad news travels at the speed of light; good news travels like molasses. Tracy Morgan
Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak. Alan Dundes
Appreciation is the highest form of prayer, for it acknowledges the presence of good wherever you shine the light of your thankful thoughts. Alan Cohen
Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light. Helen Keller
How beautiful the leaves grow old. How full of light and color are their last days. John Burroughs
I cannot write poetically, for I am no poet. I cannot make fine artistic phrases that cast light and shadow, for I am no painter. I can neither by signs nor by pantomime express my thoughts and feelings, for I am no dancer; but I can by tones, for I am a musician. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Following the light of the sun, we left the Old World. Christopher Columbus
Our greatest human adventure is the evolution of consciousness. We are in this life to enlarge the soul, liberate the spirit, and light up the brain. Tom Robbins
Fond memory brings the light of other days around me. Thomas Moore
A smile is the light in your window that tells others that there is a caring, sharing person inside. Denis Waitley
When you can’t make them see the light, make them feel the heat. Ronald Reagan
As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of mere being. Carl Jung
The sun is gone, but I have a light. Kurt Cobain
We are told to let our light shine, and if it does, we won’t need to tell anybody it does. Lighthouses don’t fire cannons to call attention to their shining – they just shine. Dwight L. Moody
Sometimes you get the best light from a burning bridge. Don Henley
And God said, ‘Let there be light’ and there was light, but the Electricity Board said He would have to wait until Thursday to be connected. Spike Milligan
