“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
“A candle is enough to light the world.
It makes it clear. Even at noon
It glistens in essential dark.
At night, it lights the fruit and wine,
The book and bread, things as they are…”
The Man With the Blue Guitar (1937)
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It makes it clear. Even at noon
It glistens in essential dark.
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Adlai Stevenson (1900–1965) mid-20th-century Governor of Illinois and Ambassador to the UN
Remark upon learning of the death of Eleanor Roosevelt, drawing upon the motto of the Christopher Society: "It is better to light one candle than curse the darkness." ; quoted in The New York Times (8 November 1962)
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“Even with these dark eyes, a gift of the dark night
I go to seek the shining light.”
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