The candle aimed its spear of light at Heaven, like an artist who consumes himself to become divine.
Poetry makes life what light and music do the stage.
No need of light for those whom Heaven guides.[On n’a pas besoin de lumière, quand on est conduit par le ciel.]
No man can walk so long in the Shadow that he cannot come again to the Light.
No man can stand in the Shadow so long that he cannot find the Light again.
Night is real. Night is not an absence of light, but in fact, it is daytime that is a brief respite from the looming darkness…
Nations, like stars, are entitled to eclipse. All is well, provided the light returns and the eclipse does not become endless night. Dawn and resurrection are synonymous. The reappearance of the light is the same as the survival of the soul.
It’s so much darker when a light goes out than it would have been if it had never shone.
Great perils have this beauty, that they bring to light the fraternity of strangers.
Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.
A light here required a shadow there.
