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12-29-2008, 05:43 PM
The holidays mark a time of joy and celebration, but also a time of long, dark days. May this collection of quotes inspire you to see the light. And May there be:
Light above you.
Light below you.
Light all around you.
Light within you.
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"Winter is the time of love and of taking the light within."
Terry Lynn Taylor
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"Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face."
Victor Hugo
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"When you possess light within, you see it externally."
Anaïs Nin
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"Light gives of itself freely, filling all available space. It does not seek anything in return; it asks not whether you are friend or foe. It gives of itself and is not thereby diminished."
Michael Strassfeld
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"It is better to light one candle than to curse the darkness."
Chinese Proverb
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"Truly, it is in darkness that one finds the light, so when we are in sorrow, then this light is nearest of all to us."
Meister Eckhart
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"Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow."
Helen Keller
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"I will love the light for it shows me the way. Yet I will endure the darkness for it shows me the stars..."
Og Mandino
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"Light is the symbol of truth."
James Russell Lowell
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"Light is the first of the painters. There is no object so foul, that intense light will not make it beautiful."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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"Let your light shine. Shine within so you can shine on someone else."
Oprah Winfrey
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"It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? …As we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same."
Marianne Williamson
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"When you arise in the morning, give thanks for the morning light, for your life and strength.
Shawnee Chief Tecumseh
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"There is a light that shines beyond all things on earth, beyond the highest, the very highest heavens. This is the light that shines in your heart."
Chandogya Upanishad
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Light above you.
Light below you.
Light all around you.
Light within you.
************************************************** ******************************************
"Winter is the time of love and of taking the light within."
Terry Lynn Taylor
************************************************** *****************************************
"Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face."
Victor Hugo
************************************************** **************************************
"When you possess light within, you see it externally."
Anaïs Nin
************************************************** ***************************************
"Light gives of itself freely, filling all available space. It does not seek anything in return; it asks not whether you are friend or foe. It gives of itself and is not thereby diminished."
Michael Strassfeld
************************************************** *****************************************
"It is better to light one candle than to curse the darkness."
Chinese Proverb
************************************************** *****************************************
"Truly, it is in darkness that one finds the light, so when we are in sorrow, then this light is nearest of all to us."
Meister Eckhart
************************************************** *****************************************
"Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow."
Helen Keller
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"I will love the light for it shows me the way. Yet I will endure the darkness for it shows me the stars..."
Og Mandino
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"Light is the symbol of truth."
James Russell Lowell
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"Light is the first of the painters. There is no object so foul, that intense light will not make it beautiful."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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"Let your light shine. Shine within so you can shine on someone else."
Oprah Winfrey
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"It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? …As we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same."
Marianne Williamson
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"When you arise in the morning, give thanks for the morning light, for your life and strength.
Shawnee Chief Tecumseh
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"There is a light that shines beyond all things on earth, beyond the highest, the very highest heavens. This is the light that shines in your heart."
Chandogya Upanishad
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