Ella Wheeler Wilcox: Quotes about light

Ella Wheeler Wilcox was American author and poet. Explore interesting quotes on light.

Ella Wheeler Wilcox: 92 quotes6 likes

“I detect
More good than evil in humanity.
Love lights more fires than hate extinguishes,
And men grow better as the world grows old.”

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Optimism
Poetry quotes, Poems of Pleasure (1900)
Context: I find a rapture linked with each despair,
Well worth the price of anguish. I detect
More good than evil in humanity.
Love lights more fires than hate extinguishes,
And men grow better as the world grows old.

“Give of thy love, nor wait to know the worth
Of what thou lovest; and ask no returning.
And wheresoe'er thy pathway leads on earth,
There thou shalt find the lamp of love-light burning.”

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Give
Poetry quotes, New Thought Pastels (1913)

“It is impossible to pursue a successful literary career and follow the advice of all one's 'best friends'. I feel compelled to follow the light which my own intellect & judgement cast upon my way, rather than any one of the many conflicting rays which other minds would lend me.”

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

from Preface to Poems of Passion 1883 edition

“I'm no reformer; for I see more light
Than darkness in the world; mine eyes are quick
To catch the first dim radiance of the dawn,
And slow to note the cloud that threatens storm.”

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Optimism
Poetry quotes, Poems of Pleasure (1900)