
Source: De architectura (The Ten Books On Architecture) (~ 15BC), Book IX, Chapter I, Sec. 12
Variant: "... the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of mere being.
Source: Memories, Dreams, Reflections (1963), p. 326
Source: De architectura (The Ten Books On Architecture) (~ 15BC), Book IX, Chapter I, Sec. 12
Osborn v. Bank of the United States, 22 U.S. (9 Wheaton) 738, 866 (1824)
“Cease speaking of enemies when an achievement can kindle a great light.”
Source: Leaves Of Morya's Garden (1924 - 1925), Book II : Illumination (1925), Ch. VII
Context: Cease speaking of enemies when an achievement can kindle a great light. Solitude will transmit the message better than the murmurs of crowds.
Bastian, Jonathan (host). "Bittersweet: Susan Cain on the joy of sweet sorrow". KCRW.com (Los Angeles). May 21, 2022.
The opening phrase of this chapter after which the chapter is named in Chinese.
Source: The Analects, Chapter IV
Source: 1860s, Interview with Alexander W. Randall and Joseph T. Mills (1864)
1850s, Latter-Day Pamphlets (1850), Stump Orator (May 1, 1850)
Source: Books, Coningsby (1844), Endymion (1880), Ch. 26.