We can forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.
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It is easy to forgive children who are afraid of the dark but the real tragedy of life is men who are afraid of the light.
We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy is when men are afraid of the light.
Light is the shadow of god.
Reason is a light that God has kindled in the soul.
It is in our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.
At first we cannot see beyond the path that leads downward to dark and hateful things but no light or beauty will ever come from the man who cannot bear this sight. Light is always born of darkness, and the sun never yet stood still in heaven to satisfy man’s longing or to still his fears.
I indignantly answered, do you call light what we men call the worst darkness? Do you call day night? To this my soul spoke a word that roused my anger, my light is not of this world. I cried, I know of no other world! The soul answered, should it not exist because you know nothing of it?
Like plants, so men also grow, some in the light, others in the shadows. There are many who need the shadows and not the light.
People will do anything, no matter how absurd, in order to avoid facing their own soul. One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious.