“[Arguments about God are] like pointing a flashlight toward the sky to see if the sun is shining.”
N.T. Wright (1948) Anglican bishop
Source: Simply Christian: Why Christianity Makes Sense (2006)
“Foolery, sir, does walk about the orb like the sun; it shines everywhere.”
Source: Twelfth Night
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William Shakespeare699
English playwright and poet 1564–1616Related quotes
“We all shine on… like the moon and the stars and the sun… we all shine on… come on and on and on…”
John Lennon (1940–1980) English singer and songwriter
Variant: Yeah we all shine on, like the moon, and the stars, and the sun.
Source: Song Instant Karma! (We All Shine On)
“Bright as the sun, her eyes the gazers strike,
And, like the sun, they shine on all alike.”
Alexander Pope The Rape of the Lock
Canto II, line 13.
The Rape of the Lock (1712, revised 1714 and 1717)
“Awareness is like the sun. When it shines on things, they are transformed.”
Thich Nhat Hanh (1926) Religious leader and peace activist
“if you want to shine like sun first you have to burn like it.”
Adolf Hitler (1889–1945) Führer and Reich Chancellor of Germany, Leader of the Nazi Party
Sophie Scholl (1921–1943) White Rose member
Die Sonne scheint noch. <br class="br">These were her last words as depicted in the film, Sophie Scholl - The Final Days (2005) http://www.sophieschollmovie.com/, which was heavily based on Gestapo documents that were in East German archives and not released until 1990. Her last words have also been reported as "God, you are my refuge into eternity" or sometimes "Your heads will fall as well" but there is dispute over whether Sophie or her brother Hans had said this. Hans' last words have been reported as having been Es lebe die Freiheit! ["Long Live Freedom!"] <br class="br">Disputed
“The sun shines not on us but in us.”
John Muir (1838–1914) Scottish-born American naturalist and author
