“Maybe you have to know darkness before you can appreciate the light.”

— Madeleine L'Engle, A Ring of Endless Light

Source: A Ring of Endless Light (1980)

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American writer 1918–2007

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“Light came into the darkness, but the darkness didn't understand it," Susan said. "Look to the light. Only the light can save you from yourself.”

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“If you keep a light before a thousand people, it reaches all without making any distinction. Anyone may take it. Where there is light, there is no darkness. In the darkness there is no light. There can only be one thing (either light or darkness), not two at the same time. One's nature should be like the sun; one's Chitta must be cool like the moon.”

Bhagawan Nityananda (1897–1961) Hindu guru and saint

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The Chidakasha Gita (1927)

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Bell Hooks (1952) American author, feminist, and social activist

“You can make it dark, but I can't make it light.”

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“Fear can only grow in darkness. Once you face fear with light, you win.”

Steve Maraboli (1975)

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“Winter lies before me
now you're so far away.
In the darkness of my dreaming
the light of you will stay”

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“There are darknesses in life and there are lights, and you are one of the lights, the light of all lights.”

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“Maybe you have to know darkness before you can appreciate the light.”

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