“Even with these dark eyes, a gift of the dark night
I go to seek the shining light.”

— Gu Cheng

"A Generation" [Yidai ren]

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Chinese poet 1956–1993

Ted Dekker book House

Source: House

“In darkness a light shines on you and on me.”

Aaron Weiss

O, Porcupine.
Brother, Sister (2006)

“It is in the dark times that the light of friendship shines brightest.”

Richard Paul Evans (1962) American writer

Source: The Walk

“There's an ocean of darkness and I drown in the night
till I come through the darkness to the ocean of light,
for the light is forever and the light it is free,
"And I walk in the glory of the light," said he.”

Sydney Carter (1915–2004) British musician and poet

George Fox (1966)

“A candle throws its light into the darkness
In a nasty world, so shines the good deed
Make sure the fortune, that you seek
Is the fortune you need.”

Ben Harper (1969) singer-songwriter and musician

Diamonds On The Inside
Song lyrics, Diamonds on the Inside (2003)

“In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present.”

Francis Bacon (1561–1626) English philosopher, statesman, scientist, jurist, and author

“St. John said, "And the light shineth in the darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not." The light shines in the darkness and the darkness does not understand it, and cannot extinguish it ( I need the double meaning here of comprehend). This is the great cry of affirmation that is heard over and over again in our imaginative literature, in all art.”

Madeleine L'Engle (1918–2007) American writer

Section 3.13 
The Crosswicks Journal, A Circle of Quiet (1972)
Context: St. John said, "And the light shineth in the darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not." The light shines in the darkness and the darkness does not understand it, and cannot extinguish it ( I need the double meaning here of comprehend). This is the great cry of affirmation that is heard over and over again in our imaginative literature, in all art. It is a light to lighten our darkness, to guide us, and we do not need to know, in the realm of provable fact, exactly where it is going to take us.