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“You work here [on the farm] simply without philosophizing; sometimes the work is hard and crowded with pettiness. But at times you feel a surge of cosmic exaltation, like the clear light of the heavens... . And you, too, seem to be taking root in the soil which you are digging, to be nourished by the rays of the sun, to share life with the tiniest blade of grass, with each flower; living in nature's depths, you seem then to rise and grow into the vast expanse of the universe.”
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“The thoughts of others Were light and fleeting, Of lovers' meeting Or luck or fame. Mine were of trouble, And mine were steady; So I was ready When trouble came.”
Source : A. E. Housman (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of A. E. Housman (Illustrated)”, p.6, Delphi Classics
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“My belief has come about in large measure because of the lives and examples of people I have known - not the famous, not saints, but friends and relations who have lived, and faced death, in the light of the Resurrection story, or in the quiet acceptance that they have a future after they die.”
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“Happiness is attained, not through self-interest, but through unconditional fidelity in endless love of eternal light.”
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“There is no justice in following unjust laws. It's time to come into the light and, in the grand tradition of civil disobedience, declare our opposition to this private theft of public culture.”
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“The purely righteous do not complain of the dark, but increase the light; they do not complain of evil, but increase justice; they do not complain of heresy, but increase faith; they do not complain of ignorance, but increase wisdom.”
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“When the spirit shines, even foggy skies make pleasant light.”
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“We now to peace and darkness And earth and thee restore Thy creature that thou madest And wilt cast forth no more.”
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“My painting represents the victory of the forces of darkness and peace over the powers of light and evil.”
Source : Ad Reinhardt (1975). “Art-as-art: the selected writings of Ad Reinhardt”, Viking Adult
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“We must pass through the darkness, to reach the light.”
Source : Albert Pike “Morals and Dogma : Scottish Rite in Freemasonry”, Lulu.com
