“That soul is on the certain path toward light which, sincerely desiring the light, constantly submits to the claims of the light as they are made known. That soul cannot stay in darkness, any more than a flower opening its petals broadly to the sun can stay in shadow.”

—  Wayland Hoyt

Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 389.

Adopted from Wikiquote. Last update June 3, 2021. History

Help us to complete the source, original and additional information

Do you have more details about the quote "That soul is on the certain path toward light which, sincerely desiring the light, constantly submits to the claims of …" by Wayland Hoyt?
Wayland Hoyt photo
Wayland Hoyt 4
American Baptist Minister 1838–1910

Related quotes

Alexandre Vinet photo
Thomas Browne photo
Gary Snyder photo
Dennis Kucinich photo
Leonardo Da Vinci photo

“Darkness is absence of light. Shadow is diminution of light.”

Leonardo Da Vinci (1452–1519) Italian Renaissance polymath

The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (1883), III Six books on Light and Shade

Meister Eckhart photo
Ezra Pound photo
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien photo
Leonardo Da Vinci photo

“Shadow is the diminution alike of light and of darkness, and stands between darkness and light.”

Leonardo Da Vinci (1452–1519) Italian Renaissance polymath

The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (1883), III Six books on Light and Shade

Related topics