“To see a candle’s light, one must take it into a dark place.”

“They say rather than cursing the darkness, one should light a candle. They don't mention anything about cursing a lack of candles.”

“We say God and the imagination are one…
How high that highest candle lights the dark.”

“It is better to light a single candle than to curse the darkness.”

“Like it or not, we either add to the darkness of indifference and out-and-out evil which surrounds us or we light a candle to see by.”

“All the darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light of a single candle.”

“I can see lights in the distance
Trembling in the dark cloak of night
Candles and lanterns are dancing, dancing
A waltz on All Souls Night.”

“Hazel always used to say There's not enough darkness in the entire universe to snuff out the light of just one little candle.”

“When life descends into the pit
I must become my own candle
Willingly burning my self
To light up the darkness around me.”

“There's always going to be bad stuff out there. But here's the amazing thing -- light trumps darkness, every time. You stick a candle into the dark, but you can't stick the dark into the light.”