#lights

We say God and the imagination are one... How high that highest candle lights the dark. ↗

— Wallace Stevens

#dark #god #high #highest #how

Forgive me, Lord, if ever I should wrap myself in pharisiac robes when I see another fall In no way am I greater because of another’s weakness. At the most it only turns the eyes of the crowd away from my own frailty. Few of us would ever think of hurting someone physically but too many times we have used the power of "talk" to kill. Here, Lord, take these stones I hold. ↗

— Glenna Oldham

#the-sisters #the-warrior-series #warriors-of-the-cross #forgiveness

I am going to notice the lights of the earth, the sun and the moon and the stars, the lights of our candles as we march, the lights with which spring teases us, the light that is already present. ↗

— Anne Lamott

#am #candles #earth #going #i

Since His delights are to be with you, let yours be found in Him. ↗

— Alphonsus Liguori

#found #him #his #since #you

Few delights can equal the presence of one whom we trust utterly. ↗

— George MacDonald

#delights #equal #few #presence #utterly

Watching baseball under the lights is like observing dogs indoors, at a pedigree show. In both instances, the environment is too controlled to suit the species. ↗

— Melvin Maddocks

#both #controlled #dogs #environment #indoors

I have a constitutional weakness in which I am very easily distracted by flashing lights. If there is a TV on in the room, I can't have a conversation with you. I won't eat, I won't sleep, I'll just meld with my couch. ↗

— Rachel Maddow

#constitutional #conversation #couch #distracted #easily

Despotism can only exist in darkness, and there are too many lights now in the political firmament to permit it to remain anywhere, as it has heretofore done, almost everywhere. ↗

— James Madison

#anywhere #darkness #despotism #done #everywhere

The point is that life for me is not going to be the way it is for everyone else. I have a fog machine and movie lights in my bedroom. ↗

— Marilyn Manson

#else #everyone #fog #going #i

There is nothing wrong with dedication and goals, but if you focus on yourself, all the lights fade away and you become a fleeting moment in life. ↗

— Pete Maravich

#become #dedication #fade #fleeting #focus