Light

"I would rather lie facedown on the ground and use my body as a bridge, than stand proud and tall and use my body as a wall."

"Guard yourself with a positive attitude, conviction, hope and fulfillment of your heart’s desire."

"There is still hope that if the people refuse to give up and keep silent, no matter how long or inconsequential their voices could be at the beginning, it would still be heard and justice be served."

"Pushed into darkness, the only way out wasto seek light with thetorch of hope and faithburning in my heart"

"There have been bleak nights along my way, many of my own making, but life is all the brighter for them now. To the human eye, without the darkness there are no stars."

"They want us to be afraid. They want us to be afraid of leaving our homes. They want us to barricade our doors and hide our children. Their aim is to make us fear life itself! They want us to hate. They want us to hate 'the other'. They want us to practice aggression and perfect antagonism. Their aim is to divide us all! They want us to be inhuman. They want us to throw out our kindness. They want us to bury our love and burn our hope. Their aim is to take all our light! They think their bricked walls will separate us. They think their damned bombs will defeat us. They are so ignorant they don’t understand that my soul and your soul are old friends. They are so ignorant they don’t understand that when they cut you I bleed. They are so ignorant they don’t understand that we will never be afraid, we will never hate and we will never be silent for life is ours!"

"May the sun come, it's a new day; In the pure land of fantasy; That our darkness enlightened"

"[A] person whose head is bowed and whose eyes are heavy cannot look at the light."

"But hope is no less realistic than despair. It is still our choice whether to live in light or lie down in darkness."

"Life isn't just about darkness or light, rather it's about finding light within the darkness."

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

"I had a dream about you last night. I was alone on a dark night and you came to me as a firefly. I knew it was you because you were the brightest."

"Love, they said, burns youand builds you. But with you, there’s no ash. Just light."

"It's in those quiet little towns, at the edge of the world, that you will find the salt of the earth people who make you feel right at home."

"Those who achieve the extraordinary are usually the most ordinary because they have nothing to prove to anybody. Be Humble."

"The struggles we endure today will be the ‘good old days’ we laugh about tomorrow."

"When God said 'Let there be light'. May be he meant it Inside."

"To all the friends out there struggling while so many are celebrating right now, please know that you are not alone, and you are so loved. I hold you in my heart and send you extra support and love these days, and all the light I know how to muster. I love you."

"Up then, fair phoenix bride, frustrate the sun;Thyself from thine affection Takest warmth enough, and from thine eye All lesser birds will take their jollity. Up, up, fair bride, and call Thy stars from out their several boxes, take Thy rubies, pearls, and diamonds forth, and make Thyself a constellation of them all;And by their blazing signify That a great princess falls, but doth not die. Be thou a new star, that to us portends Ends of much wonder; and be thou those ends."

"Because I was more often happy for other people, I got to spend more time being happy. And as I saw more light in everybody else, I seemed to have more myself. (250)"