
“What makes night within us may leave stars.”
Variant: Whatever causes night in our souls may leave stars.
Source: Ninety-Three
Part 2, Book 1, Ch. 2
Variant translation: What makes night within us may leave stars.
Source: Ninety-Three (1874)
Context: Cimourdain was a pure-minded but gloomy man. He had "the absolute" within him. He had been a priest, which is a solemn thing. Man may have, like the sky, a dark and impenetrable serenity; that something should have caused night to fall in his soul is all that is required. Priesthood had been the cause of night within Cimourdain. Once a priest, always a priest.
Whatever causes night in our souls may leave stars. Cimourdain was full of virtues and truth, but they shine out of a dark background.
“What makes night within us may leave stars.”
Variant: Whatever causes night in our souls may leave stars.
Source: Ninety-Three
"Be Strong".
Legends and Lyrics: A Book of Verses (1858)
“Even with these dark eyes, a gift of the dark night
I go to seek the shining light.”
"A Generation" [Yidai ren]
“In darkness God's truth shines most clear.”
Source: The Hiding Place: The Triumphant True Story of Corrie Ten Boom