The pursuit of perfection, then, is the pursuit of sweetness and light.

— Arnold, Matthew

The light shines in the darkness and the darkness comprehended it not.

— Bible

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

— Dehaan, M. R.

Light is the first of painters. There is no object so foul that intense light will not make it beautiful.

— Emerson, Ralph Waldo

Give light, and the darkness will disappear of itself.

— Erasmus, Desiderius

You can't have a light without a dark to stick it in.

— Guthrie, Arlo

Moonlight is sculpture.

— Hawthorne, Nathaniel

As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of mere being.

— Jung, Carl

Light is the symbol of truth.

— Lowell, James Russell

We are told to let our light shine, and if it does, we won't need to tell anybody it does. Lighthouses don't fire cannons to call attention to their shining- they just shine.

— Moody, Dwight L.

I keep the subject of my inquiry constantly before me, and wait till the first dawning opens gradually, by little and little, into a full and clear light.

— Newton, Sir Isaac

There are two kinds of light -- the glow that illumines, and the glare that obscures.

— Thurber, James

Beautiful light is born of darkness, so the faith that springs from conflict is often the strongest and the best.

— Turnbull, R.

Come into the light of things. Let nature be your teacher.

— Wordsworth, William