Illuminate Your Soul: A Collection of Inspiring Quotes About Light

"If a man is to shed the light of the sun upon other men, he must first of all have it within himself."

- Romain Rolland

"There is a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in."

- Leonard Cohen

"Happiness is always there. You just have to choose to see it. There's no point dwelling in the dark and ignoring the light of the stars."

- Carrie Hope Fletcher

"Pointing to another world will never stop vice among us; shedding light over this world can alone help us."

- Walt Whitman

"But it is the same with man as with the tree. The more he seeks to rise into the height and light, the more vigorously do his roots struggle earthward, downward, into the dark, the deep - into evil."

- Friedrich Nietzsche

"Shine your light and make a positive impact on the world; there is nothing so honorable as helping improve the lives of others."

- Roy T. Bennett

"May it be a light to you in dark places, when all other lights go out."

- Lady Galadriel

"Moonlight drowns out all but the brightest stars."

- J. R. R. Tolkien

"Owning our story can be hard but not nearly as difficult as spending our lives running from it. Embracing our vulnerabilities is risky but not nearly as dangerous as giving up on love and belonging and joy—the experiences that make us the most vulnerable. Only when we are brave enough to explore the darkness will we discover the infinite power of our light."

- Brené Brown

"Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that."

- Martin Luther King Jr.

"Learn to light a candle in the darkest moments of someone’s life. Be the light that helps others see; it is what gives life its deepest significance."

- Roy T. Bennett

"Each day brings new opportunities, allowing you to constantly live with love—be there for others—bring a little light into someone's day. Be grateful and live each day to the fullest."

- Roy T. Bennett

"How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a weary world."

- William Shakespeare

"People will do anything, no matter how absurd, in order to avoid facing their own souls. One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious."

- Carl Jung

"I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness for it shows me the stars."

- Og Mandino

"Ring the bells that still can ring Forget your perfect offering There is a crack in everything That's how the light gets in."

- Leonard Cohen

"We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light."

- Plato

"Long is the way and hard, that out of Hell leads up to light."

- John Milton

"When you get to the end of all the light you know and it's time to step into the darkness of the unknown, faith is knowing that one of two things shall happen: either you will be given something solid to stand on, or you will be taught how to fly."

- Edward Teller

"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."

- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

"To shine your brightest light is to be who you truly are."

- Roy T. Bennett

"Nothing can dim the light that shines from within."

- Maya Angelou

"All the darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light of a single candle."

- St. Francis of Assisi

"A little bit of light dispels a lot of darkness."

- Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi

"There isn’t enough darkness in all the world to snuff out the light of one little candle."

- Robert Alden

"Just as one candle lights another and can light thousands of other candles, so one heart illuminates another heart and can illuminate thousands of other hearts."

- Leo Tolstoy

"Within you is the light of a thousand suns."

- Robert Adams

"If you light a lamp for someone else it will also brighten your path."

- Buddha

"It is better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness."

- Eleanor Roosevelt

"It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light."

- Aristotle

"As we work to create light for others, we naturally light our own way."

- Mary Anne Radmacher

"In The Right Light, At The Right Time. Everything Is Extraordinary."

- Aaron Rose

"You have to find what sparks a light in you so that you in your own way can illuminate the world."

- Oprah Winfrey

"If you want to give light to others you have to glow yourself."

- Thomas S. Monson

"People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within."

- Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

"A candle loses nothing when it lights another candle."

- Thomas Jefferson

"To see a candle’s light one must take it into a dark place."

- Ursula K. Le Guin

"Know that darkness is merely the absence of light. You can be the small candle that defeats the vast darkness."

- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

"You can curse the darkness or light a candle. The choice is yours."

- Patrick Kane

"There is no darkness so dense, so menacing, or so difficult that it cannot be overcome by light."

- Vern P. Stanfill

"We are indeed the light of the world—but only if our switch is turned on."

- John Hagee

"Never fear shadows. They simply mean there’s a light shining somewhere nearby."

- Ruth E. Renkel

"No degree of worldly darkness can extinguish the glow of a soul’s inner light."

- Wes Fesler

"We’ve all got both light and dark inside us. What matters is the part we choose to act on that’s who we really are."

- J.K. Rowling

"Light is the first element of design; without it there is no color, form, or texture."

- Thomas E. Farin

"See the light in others and treat them as if that is all you can see."

- Wayne Dyer

"Light is a thing that cannot be reproduced, but must be represented by something else – by color."

- Paul Cezanne

"Every little candle is a great knight fighting against the darkness! Every time you feel yourself tiny, remember these brave candles!"

- Mehmet Murat Ildan

"Those who fear the darkness have no idea what the light can do."

- Katasai Rakshasa

"Even the sun directs our gaze away from itself and to the life illumined by it."

- Eberhard Arnold

"Light attracts light."

- Warsan Shire

"Maybe you have to know the darkness before you can appreciate the light."

- Madeleine L’Engle

"It’s not necessary to blow out your neighbor’s light to let your own shine."

- M.R. Dehaan

"The sun always shines above the clouds."

- Paul F. Davis

"Light, God's eldest daughter, is a principal beauty in a building."

- Thomas Fuller

"Moons and years pass by and are gone forever, but a beautiful moment shimmers through life a ray of light."

- Franz Grillparzer

"there is light in the soul, there will be beauty in the person. If there is beauty in the person, there will be harmony in the house. If there is harmony in the house, there will be order in the nation. If there is order in the nation, there will be peace in the world."

- Chinese Proverb

"Oh phosphorescence. Now there’s a word to lift your hat to... To find that phosphorescence, that light within — is the genius behind poetry."

- William Luce

"We went down into the silent garden. Dawn is the time when nothing breathes, the hour of silence. Everything is transfixed, only the light moves."

- Leonora Carrington

"The baby bat screamed out in fright, 'Turn on the dark, I'm afraid of the light.'"

- Shel Silverstein

"The world isn’t split into good people and Death Eaters."

- J.K. Rowling

"Everybody has a little bit of the sun and moon in them. Everybody has a little bit of man, woman, and animal in them. Darks and lights in them. Everyone is part of a connected cosmic system. Part earth and sea, wind and fire, with some salt and dust swimming in them. We have a universe within ourselves that mimics the universe outside. None of us are just black or white, or never wrong and always right. No one. No one exists without polarities. Everybody has good and bad forces working with them, against them, and within them."

- Suzy Kassem

"We cast a shadow on something wherever we stand, and it is no good moving from place to place to save things; because the shadow always follows. Choose a place where you won't do harm - yes, choose a place where you won't do very much harm, and stand in it for all you are worth, facing the sunshine."

- E.M. Forster

"Green was the silence, wet was the light, the month of June trembled like a butterfly."

- Pablo Neruda

"It's the kind of kiss that inspires stars to climb into the sky and light up the world."

- Tahereh Mafi

"If you want light to come into your life, you need to stand where it is shining."

"Keep shining, beautiful one. The world needs your light."

- Unknown

"Shine your own light. Follow your own path."

"Be The Salt and the Light to the World."

"An empty lantern provides no light. Self-care is the fuel that allows your light to shine brightly."

"But my darling, there’s no such thing as the light at the end of the tunnel, you must realize that you are the light."

"Revive your light. Manifest your dreams!!! Realize your worth."

"All of the lights of the world cannot be compared to a ray of the inner light of the self."