John S. Hall (1960) Poet, author, singer, lawyer
October 30
Quotes from Daily Negations (2007)
“To see a candle’s light, one must take it into a dark place.”
Source: Earthsea Books, The Farthest Shore (1972), Chapter 9, "Orm Embar" (Sparrowhawk)
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George Carlin (1937–2008) American stand-up comedian
Books, When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops? (2004)
“We say God and the imagination are one…
How high that highest candle lights the dark.”
Wallace Stevens (1879–1955) American poet
"Final Soliloquy of the Interior Paramour"
Collected Poems (1954)
Context: We say God and the imagination are one...
How high that highest candle lights the dark.
Out of this same light, out of the central mind,
We make a dwelling in the evening air,
In which being there together is enough.
“It is better to light a single candle than to curse the darkness.”
Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962) American politician, diplomat, and activist, and First Lady of the United States
Variant: Light a candle instead of cursing the darkness.
Source: This is My Story
“All the darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light of a single candle.”
Francis of Assisi (1182–1226) Catholic saint and founder of the Franciscan Order
