“Who's to say that my light is better than your darkness? Who's to say death is better than your darkness? Who am I to say?”

“Sometimes it's better to light a flamethrower than curse the darkness.”

“It is better to light a single candle than to curse the darkness.”

“It is better to recognise that we are in darkness than to pretend that we can see the light.”

“There is no better way to thank God for your sight than by giving a helping hand to someone in the dark.”

“The friend in my adversity I shall always cherish most. I can better trust those who have helped to relieve the gloom of my dark hours than those who are so ready to enjoy with me the sunshine of my prosperity.”

“The conditions at IISc were no match to the American centres but it is better to light a candle than curse the darkness.”

“I, who am dead, have ways of knowing
Of the crop of death that the quick are sowing.
I, who was Pompey, cry it aloud
From the dark of death, from the wind blowing.

I, who was Pompey, once was proud,
Now I lie in the sand without a shroud;
I cry to Caesar out of my pain,
"Caesar beware, your death is vowed."”

“They say rather than cursing the darkness, one should light a candle. They don't mention anything about cursing a lack of candles.”

“Darkness as well as light. Or do I mean darkness, another kind of light? Lucifer would say so, and I have a weakness for fallen angels.”