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"My refusing to eat meat occasioned inconveniency, and I have been frequently chided for my singularity. But my light repast allows for greater progress, for greater clearness of head and quicker comprehension."
"He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me."
"At the darkest moment comes the light."
"You are the luminous mystery in which the entire universe with its forms and phenomena arises and subsides. When this realization dawns there is a complete transformation of your personal self into your universal self . . . the complete loss of all fear, including death. You have become a being who radiates love the same way the sun radiates light. You have finally arrived at the place from which your journey began."
"Both light and shadow are the dance of Love."
"I don't think the people of the slave states will ever consider the subject of slavery in its true light till some other argument is resorted to other than moral persuasion."
"Men fear thought as they fear nothing else on earth - more than ruin, more even than death. Thought is subversive and revolutionary, destructive and terrible, thought is merciless to privilege, established institutions, and comfortable habits; thought is anarchic and lawless, indifferent to authority, careless of the well-tried wisdom of the ages. Thought looks into the pit of hell and is not afraid ... Thought is great and swift and free, the light of the world, and the chief glory of man."
"I can't stand a naked light bulb, any more than I can a rude remark or a vulgar action."
"Light up the fire of love inside and blaze the thoughts away."
"Love is who you are. Your true self is pure love, infinite awareness, and unbounded joy...As you realize this, you will feel a small light in your heart. At first it will be the size of a spark, then a candle flame, then a raging bonfire."
"Stars veil their beauty soon / Beside the glorious moon, / When her full silver light / Doth make the whole earth bright."
"When life descends into the pit I must become my own candle Willingly burning my self To light up the darkness around me."
"A candle loses nothing when it lights another candle."
"There is a light within each of us that can never be diminished or extinguished. It can only be obscured by forgetting who we are"
"From within or from behind, a light shines through us upon things, and makes us aware that we are nothing, but the light is all."
"Feel the love of God; then in every person you will see the face of the Father, the light of love which is in all. You will find a magic, living relationship uniting the trees, the sky, the stars, all people, and all living things; and you will feel a oneness with them. This is the code of divine love."
"Matter is Energy ... Energy is Light ... We are all Light Beings"
"What light through yonder window breaks?"
"Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that."
"It may be that you are not yourself luminous, but that you are a conductor of light. Some people without possessing genius have a remarkable power of stimulating it."
