Illuminate Quotes

“I have realized; it is during the times I am far outside my element that I experience myself the most. That I see and feel who I really am, the most! I think that's what a comet is like, you see, a comet is born in the outer realms of the universe! But it's only when it ventures too close to our sun or to other stars that it releases the blazing "tail" behind it and shoots brazen through the heavens! And meteors become sucked into our atmosphere before they burst like firecrackers and realize that they're shooting stars! That's why I enjoy taking myself out of my own element, my own comfort zone, and hurling myself out into the unknown. Because it's during those scary moments, those unsure steps taken, that I am able to see that I'm like a comet hitting a new atmosphere: suddenly I illuminate magnificently and fire dusts begin to fall off of me! I discover a smile I didn't know I had, I uncover a feeling that I didn't know existed in me... I see myself. I'm a shooting star. A meteor shower. But I'm not going to die out. I guess I'm more like a comet then. I'm just going to keep on coming back.”
― C. JoyBell C.

“You have to find what sparks a light in you so that you in your own way can illuminate the world.”
― Oprah Winfrey

“Those candle flames were like the lives of men. So fragile. So deadly. Left alone, they lit and warmed. Let run rampant, they would destroy the very things they were meant to illuminate. Embryonic bonfires, each bearing a seed of destruction so potent it could tumble cities and dash kings to their knees.”
― Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings

“Better to illuminate than merely to shine to deliver to others contemplated truths than merely to contemplate.”
― Thomas Aquinas

“Eureka" can be an answer to a question we have never asked. It can be the articulation of a sudden and unforeseen idea or the expression of a magic moment that throws us into a new world. It acts like a radiant sunbeam that comes out of the blue and illuminates a dim past, opening a new, dynamic horizon. It may even be a trivial but lucky encounter with new friends, who let us be what we are in our imagination: original and undifferentiated. (“Waiting for Eureka” )”
― Erik Pevernagie

“Each time a person passes by you and you say 'hello', imagine that person turning into a candle. The more positivity, love and light you reflect, the more light is mirrored your way. Sharing beautiful hellos is the quickest way to earn spiritual brownie points. You should start seeing hellos as small declarations of faith. Every time you say hello to a stranger, your heart acknowledges over and over again that we are all family.”
― Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

“If you’re purely after facts, please buy yourself the phone directory of Manhattan. It has four million times correct facts. But it doesn’t illuminate.”
― Werner Herzog

“The call from Momma was like a bullet piercing my Washington bubble. Janice had been on short trip with her baby daughter locked safely in a car seat in the back. The baby was fussy and, as Janice reached back to grab her daughter’s pacifier that had fallen, another vehicle had blindsided her car. She survived it but her baby girl didn’t.”
― Karen Hinton, Penis Politics: A Memoir of Women, Men and Power

“Driving home, I thought of Janice, wondering why I wasn’t upset or hurt by (William) Styron’s wine-soaked moves. Did I give his flirtations a pass because of the alcohol? Was it because he was a famous and a highly praised writer whom I'd wanted to meet? Or did I need to protect him since he was somebody, and I was nobody? I only knew that I didn’t feel abused, like I knew Janice had been…. Styron was famous. But so was Coach, at least in Soso.”
― Karen Hinton, Penis Politics: A Memoir of Women, Men and Power

“In the beginning..
when ray and day hadn't yet come into existence at all,
there was a kind of radiance that illuminates universe.
That radiance is the light of knowledge and goodness.
That radiance will persistently and consistently shines brightly
even after all the stars and moons in this vast universe died out.”
― Toba Beta, My Ancestor Was an Ancient Astronaut

“There is bound to be turbulence in the clouds of confusion before one can view the friendly skies, and an illuminated landing strip.”
― T.F. Hodge, From Within I Rise: Spiritual Triumph over Death and Conscious Encounters With the Divine Presence

“…I was finding that reporting the news wasn't enough. I wanted to be more than just a paid observer. I wanted to be in the fight. I got my chance.”
― Karen Hinton, Penis Politics: A Memoir of Women, Men and Power

“How can we manage to illuminate the pathos of our lives?”
― Jorge Luis Borges, Borges on Writing

“What (we) wanted more than anything was to be close to each other, washing the dirt and dust from each other’s faces after our train chases, brushing the tangles out of our hair, sharing advice about boys and basketball, learning how to curse, grabbing a bottle of Coca-Cola and a Moon Pie from Mr. Shotts’ grocery store after school, dipping in a pond during the seven steamy months of the year.”
― Karen Hinton, Penis Politics: A Memoir of Women, Men and Power

“The farm is your haven,
and nature is your guide,
it's the secret key to freedom,
that all tyrants despise.”
― Shaun Moss

“So let the kids run wild,
and let them be free,
in the vastness of nature,
where God intended them to be.”
― Shaun Moss, The Freedom Farm

“Your job is not to illuminate the world but to illuminate yourself! And when you illuminate yourself, the world will sooner or later meet your illumination!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan

“The moon must be willing to illuminate a world that it doesn’t live in, with a light that it didn’t create, from a place that no one wants to visit. Therefore, to change life on earth maybe we need to be more like the moon.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“There is one's presence that illuminates the moment and makes a day; while there are those that darken and ruin the occasion.”
― Dr. Lucas D. Shallua

“Surround yourself with people who illuminate your path.”
― Kristen Butler

“You can emulate people who are great, but do not imitate anyone on any given day. You were also created in a special way. You have what it takes to illuminate and be great.”
― Gift Gugu Mona, Dear Daughter: Short and Sweet Messages for a Queen

“You can only illuminate the path of possibility, you can't force people to walk down it.”
― Henry Joseph-Grant

“Dear Daughter,
You can emulate people who are great, but do not imitate anyone on any given day. You were also created in a special way. You have what it takes to illuminate and be great.”
― Gift Gugu Mona, Dear Daughter: Short and Sweet Messages for a Queen

“If you only have enough light to illuminate your own path, you don't have enough light, because there are so many people in the world who can't even light their own path, so others must have light to illuminate more than their own!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan

“The teacher is a bright sun to illuminate the way of the students if he discriminates, one side will be light، the other one dark.”
― Kamaran Ihsan Salih

“The more love and kindness you generate on the levels of thought, word, and action, the more you nourish your soul and illuminate your heart.”
― Shaykh Muhammad ibn Yahya al-Ninowy, The Book of Love

“If you have never illuminated anyone's path in your life, then even a street lamp is more valuable than you!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan

“Wellness mentors illuminate paths to inner harmony, guiding us to discover serenity and strength in the unseen.”
― Dr Prem Jagyasi, Dr Prem's Guide - Wellness Tourism

“Realization is like a sunrise..
gradually illuminating the landscape of understanding with the gentle warmth of newfound consciousness.”
― Monika Ajay Kaul

“May goodbye
Be kinder than hello
As pain illuminates
Forgiveness
When hearts
Find no words.”
― Jasmine Miró, Where Written Words Remain: Route to My Soul