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"Science . . . has opened our eyes to the vastness of the universe and given us light, truth and freedom from fear where once was darkness, ignorance and superstition. There is no personal salvation, except through science."
"I live and work alone and travel light, relying largely on my memory and making a point of letting # intuition guide my way."
"Inner darkness, which we call ignorance, is the root of suffering. The more inner light that comes, the more darkness will diminish. This is the only way to achieve salvation or nirvana."
"I have seen landscapes . . . which, under a particular light, make me feel that at any moment a giant might raise his head over the next ridge."
"You are the light of the world. You are the consciousness that illuminates the world. Know yourself as that, and that's freedom, liberation, awakening, the end of suffering and madness. And it's happening right here."
"So my last image was as the first. A sleeping youth cloaked in light, who opened his eyes with a smile of recognition for someone who had never been a stranger."
"Then, accepting the help of God and of God's signs, he allows his personal legend to guide him toward the tasks that life has reserved for him."
"Each Warrior of the Light contains within him the spark of God."
"And I live on, but in grief and self-contempt, Left here without the light I loved so much, In a great tempest and with shrouds unkempt."
"I used to stay up all night playing 'Resident Evil 2,' and it wouldn't stop until the sun came up. Then I'd walk outside at dawn's first light, looking at the empty streets of London, and it was like life imitating art. It felt like I'd stepped into an actual zombie apocalypse."
"When men of infamy to grandeur soar, They light a torch to show their shame the more."
"A little more patience, a little more charity for all, a little more devotion, a little more love; with less bowing down to the past, and a silent ignoring of pretended authority; brave looking forward to the future with more faith in our fellows, and the race will be ripe for a great burst of light and life."
"Beauty is just a light switch away...'click!' Beauty is not caused. It is."
"Watch for the people whose eyes light up when you talk about your dream. Those are the people you keep."
"She was very near hating him now; yet the sound of his voice, the way the light fell on his thin, dark hair, the way he sat and moved and wore his clothes—she was conscious that even these trivial things were inwoven with her deepest life."
"Astrologers are influenced by theosophy, so they say, "That is very simple, it is just vibration!" ... But what is vibration? They say it is light energy, perhaps electricity, they are not quite informed. At all events the vibrations that could influence us have never been seen, so it remains just a word."
"She was afraid of these things that made her suddenly wonder who she was, and what she was going to be in the world, and why she was standing at that minute, seeing a light, or listening, or staring up into the sky: alone."
"We can't all be stars; we can't all be leaders. We are all God's creatures, living life, and we have that God light in us and we're supposed to let it shine. And not everybody wants to be like me and stick their neck out to get up on stage and perform. There are those like me, but there are also those that are of a shyer nature. And they're smarter than most of us that are out there showing our asses."
"Rage, rage against the dying light"
"Dark is a way and light is a place, Heaven that never was Nor will be ever is always true "Poem on His Birthday"
