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"The great beacon light God sets in all, the conscience of each bosom."
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"It was possible at last to hear the silence to appreciate that there was a silence, deep and potent, out there beyond the pretension of the light."
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"Not to be born surpasses thought and speech. The second best is to have seen the light and then go back quickly whence we came"
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"The Moon for all her light and grace Has never learned to know her place."
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"There would be more than ocean-water broken Before God's last Put out the Light was spoken."
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"Live and let live, believe and let believe. 'Twas said the lesser gods were only traits Of the one awful God. Just so the saints Are God's white light refracted into colors."
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"Make your home God's home and there will be light, love and abundance"
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"The hope or climbing aspiration of a divine child is to receive and achieve Peace, Light and Bliss in infinite measure."
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"What do we mean by the word 'wisdom'? Usually we mean something superior to knowledge, something deeper. In the spiritual world, the word 'wisdom' is not used in that way. Here wisdom means Light, illumining Light, transforming Light. That which illumines our unlit consciousness is wisdom. That which transforms the finite consciousness into the infinite Consciousness is called wisdom."
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"If we have a simple existence, we shall feel how happy and how fortunate we are. There are some people who are of the opinion that simplicity is almost tantamount to stupidity. But simplicity and stupidity are like the North Pole and the South Pole. One can be as simple as a child and, at the same time, one can have boundless knowledge, light and wisdom."
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"Beyond speech and mind, Into the river of ever-effulgent Light My heart dives. Today thousands of doors, closed for millennia, Are opened wide."
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"Meditation upon the unknown Thought He thought was real meditation. No, meditation is not and cannot be On any thought. Meditation is a conscious withdrawal From the thought-world. Meditation is the place Where Reality, Divinity and Immortality Can each claim their own Perennial existence-light."
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"If you are bathed In God's Forgiveness-Light, Then no dust of earth Will be able to cling to you."
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"It is absolutely necessary, both for our advancement and the salvation of others, to follow always and in all things the beautiful light of faith"
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"The Light willing, we will see one another again," Rand said. He held out his hand to Perrin. "Watch out for Mat. I'm honestly not sure what he's going to do, but I have a feeling it will be highly dangerous for all involved." "Not like us," Perrin said, clasping Rand's forearm. "You and I, we're much better at keeping to the safe paths."
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"Why didn't you guess this would happen?" Elayne demanded. He looked at her, expressionless. One side of his mouth twitched up, then he pulled his hat down, shading his eyepatch. "Light," Elayne said. "You knew. You spent this whole week planning with us, and you knew the entire time you'd throw it out with the dishwater."
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"Tuon's eyes snapped open, and despite the dim light, she focused directly on Mat. She saw the knife in his hand, ready to throw. Then she looked over her shoulder."
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"You trouble me so, Rand al'Thor. Light, sometimes I think the Creator made you just to trouble me."
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"There was a wild light in his eyes. "Bring your lightnings, Aes Sedai. I will dance with them."
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