A life lived with integrity - even if it lacks the trappings of fame and fortune is a shinning star in whose light others may follow in the years to come.
Denis Waitley

Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Dylan Thomas

Get correct views of life, and learn to see the world in its true light. It will enable you to live pleasantly, to do good, and, when summoned away, to leave without regret.
Robert E. Lee

In all my perplexities and distresses, the Bible has never failed to give me light and strength.
Robert E. Lee

Come forth into the light of things, let nature be your teacher.
William Wordsworth

In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present.
Francis Bacon

The way of fortune is like the milkyway in the sky; which is a number of small stars, not seen asunder, but giving light together: so it is a number of little and scarce discerned virtues, or rather faculties and customs, that make men fortunate.
Francis Bacon

Fame is like a river, that beareth up things light and swollen, and drowns things weighty and solid.
Francis Bacon

God's first creature, which was light.
Francis Bacon

We must learn to regard people less in light of what they do or omit to do, and more in the light of what they suffer.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer

To love beauty is to see light.
Victor Hugo

Nations, like stars, are entitled to eclipse. All is well, provided the light returns and the eclipse does not become endless night. Dawn and resurrection are synonymous. The reappearance of the light is the same as the survival of the soul.
Victor Hugo

Great perils have this beauty, that they bring to light the fraternity of strangers.
Victor Hugo

To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark.
Victor Hugo

Nature and nature's laws lay hid in the night. God said, Let Newton be! and all was light!
Alexander Pope

There is a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in.
Leonard Cohen

There is a single light of science, and to brighten it anywhere is to brighten it everywhere.
Isaac Asimov

I can't stand a naked light bulb, any more than I can a rude remark or a vulgar action.
Tennessee Williams

I have been overcome by the beauty and richness of our life together, those early mornings setting out, those evenings gleaming with rivers and lakes below us, still holding the last light.
Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Writing has laws of perspective, of light and shade just as painting does, or music. If you are born knowing them, fine. If not, learn them. Then rearrange the rules to suit yourself.
Truman Capote