"Look, up at the sky. There is a light, a beauty up there, that no shadow can touch"
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"Life is easy For the man who is without shame, Impudent as a crow, A vicious gossip, Vain, meddlesome, dissolute. But life is hard For the man who quietly undertakes The way of perfection, With purity, detachment and vigor. He sees light."
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"All literature, all philosophical treatises, all the voices of antiquity are full of examples for imitation, which would all lie unseen in darkness without the light of literature."
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"There is joy in self-forgetfulness. So I try to make the light in others' eyes my sun, the music in others' ears my symphony, the smile on others' lips my happiness."
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"The artist vocation is to send light into the human heart."
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"I can't run no more with that lawless crowd while the killers in high places say their prayers out loud. But they've summoned, they've summoned up a thundercloud and they're going to hear from me. Ring the bells that still can ring Forget your perfect offering There is a crack in everything That's how the light gets in."
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"Every day a new picture is painted and framed, held up for half an hour, in such lights as the Great Artist chooses, and then withdrawn, and the curtain falls. And then the sun goes down, and long the afterglow gives light."
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"Our work on light bulbs wasn't an arbitrary mandate. We didn't just pick a standard out of the air, or look for a catchy sounding standard like 25 by 2025 not based in science or feasibility. Instead, we worked with both industry and environmental groups to come up with a standard that made sense and was doable."
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"Every man is two men; one is awake in the darkness, the other asleep in the light."
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"Once freedom lights its beacon in man's heart, the gods are powerless against him."
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"To find real peace you have to let the armor go. Your need for acceptance can make you invisible in this world. Don't let anything stand in the way of the light that shines through this form. Risk being seen in all of your glory."
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"Madness designates the equinox between the vanity of night's hallucinations and the non-being of light's judgments."
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"For this I came - to open your hearts to the Light."
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"As long as you do not feel the serenity in the body, in each and every joint, there is no chance for emancipation. You are in bondage. So while you are sweating and aching, let your heart be light and let it fill your body with gladness. You are not only becoming free, but you are also being free. What is not to be glad about? The pain is temporary. The freedom is permanent."
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"It doesn't matter if a cave has been in darkness for 10,000 years or half an hour, once you light a match it is illuminated."
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"The fires of suffering become the light of consciousness."
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"Don't worry about achieving. Don't worry about perfection. Just be there each moment as best you can. When you realize you've wandered off again, simply very lightly acknowledge that. This light touch is the golden key to reuniting with our openness."
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"When the lamp is shattered The light in the dust lies dead - When the cloud is scattered The rainbow's glory is shed."
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"I have these new policies toward my life, like 'I will not accelerate when I see the yellow light.'"
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"Sudden Light I have been here before, But when or how I cannot tell: I know the grass beyond the door, The sweet keen smell, The sighing sound, the light around the shore."
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