“Light does not come from light, but from darkness.”
Mircea Eliade (1907–1986) Romanian historian of religion, fiction writer and philosopher
“As the area of light expands, so does the perimeter of darkness.”
Variant: As our circle of knowledge expands, so does the circumference of darkness surrounding it.
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Context: God is the light that illuminates the darkness, even if it does not dissolve it, and a spark of divine light is within each of us. In the letter I wrote to you, you will remember I said that our species will end but the light of God will not end and at that point it will invade all souls and it will all be in everyone.
