Want some quotes to brighten up your day?
Well, you’re in the right place because we’ve got a bunch of quotes about light.
The most important thing in order for us to see different colors and even see in the dark. Can you even imagine what life is without light? It’s total chaos, right?
So, let’s read some quotes that will make you see how important light is in our lives.
Check out the full list below.
And make sure to read these fire quotes.
Best Light Quotes
1. “We cannot hold a torch to light another’s path without brightening our own.” – Ben Sweetland
2. “If you knew the meaning of light you would yourself be a light in a dark place.” – Elsa Barker
3. “The best way to see Divine light, is to put out your own candle.” – Francis Quarles
4. “He whose face gives no light, shall never become a star.” – William Blake
5. “The light shines in the darkness and the darkness comprehended it not.” – Bible
6. “To shine your brightest light is to be who you truly are.” – Roy T. Bennett
7. “He has those kind eyes that shone with the light of everything will be ok.” – Atticus
8. “In the right light, at the right time, everything is extraordinary.” – Aaron Rose
9. “To see a candle’s light one must take it into a dark place.” – Ursula K. Le Guin
Famous Light Quotes
10. “Following the light of the sub, we left the Old World.” – Christopher Columbus
11. “We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.” – Plato
12. “And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night.” – Bible
13. “Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle. Happiness never decreases by being shared.” – Buddha
14. “It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.” – Aristotle
15. “We are not here to curse the darkness, but to light the candle that can guide us through that darkness to a safe and sane future.” – John F. Kennedy
16. “Instead of cursing the darkness, light a candle.” – Benjamin Franklin
17. “You have to find what sparks a light in you so that you in your own way can illuminate the world.” – Oprah Winfrey
18. “How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a weary world.” – William Shakespeare
19. “And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.” – Bible
20. “Moonlight drowns out all but the brightest stars.” – J.R.R. Tolkien
21. “A man who refuses light will remain in the darkness even by the side of light!” – Mehmet Murat Ildan
22. “Let your light shine. Shine within you so that it can shine on someone else. Let your light shine.” – Oprah Winfrey
23. “Be a light unto yourself.” – Gautama Buddha
24. “Education is the movement from darkness to light.” – Allan Bloom
Profound Light Quotes
25. “A candle loses nothing when it lights another candle.” – Thomas Jefferson
26. “The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the wide world’s joy.” – Henry Ward Beecher
27. “The dance between darkness and light will always remain—the stars and the moon will always need the darkness to be seen, the darkness will just not be worth having without the moon and the stars.” – C. JoyBell C.
28. “Sunshine is a welcome thing. It brings a lot of brightness.” – Jimmie Davis
29. “The light in the world comes principally from two sources, the sun, and the student’s lamp.” – Christian Nestell Bovee
30. “An age is called dark, not because the light fails to shine but because people refuse to see it Every light has its shadow, and every shadow hath a succeeding morning.” – Copernicus
31. “His high endeavors are an inward light That makes the path before him always bright.” – William Wordsworth
32. “The rays of happiness, like those of light, are colorless when unbroken.” – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
33. “All the darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light of a single candle.”- Francis of Assisi
34. “Your path is illuminated by the light, yet darkness lets the stars shine bright.”- J.L.W. Brooks
35. “When the new light which we beg for shines in upon us, there be [those] who envy and oppose, if it comes not first in at their casements.” – John Milton
36. “There is a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in.” – Leonard Cohen
37. “Faith is the strength by which a shattered world shall emerge into the light.” – Helen Keller
38. “The sun does not abandon the moon to darkness.” – Brian A. McBride
39. “Truth will ultimately prevail where there are pains to bring it to light.” – George Washington
Short Light Quotes
40. “Light is God’s first law.” – Veda
41. “Light is the first phenomenon of the world.” – Stan Place & Bobbi Ray Madry
42. “If the light is in your heart, you will find your way home.” – Rumi
43. “Live in rooms full of light.” – Cornelius Celsus
44. “Light attracts light.” – Warsan Shire
45. “At the darkest moment comes the light.” – Joseph Campbell
46. “One idea lights a thousand candles.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
47. “To light a candle is to cast a shadow.” – Ursula K. Le Guin
48. “Daylight follows a dark night.” – Proverb
49. “Light is the symbol of truth.” – James Russell Lowell
50. “The sun always shines above the clouds.” – Paul F. Davis
51. “Light is light, though the blind man sees it not.” – Salis
52. “Let Heaven’s light be our guide.” – Prince Albert
53. “No truth, no light.” – Suzy Kassem
54. “Light up the darkness.” – Bob Marley
Light Quotes About Life and Happiness
55. “Life isn’t just about darkness or light, rather it’s about finding the light within the darkness.” – Landon Parham
56. “Moons and years pass by and are gone forever, but a beautiful moment shimmers through life a ray of light.” – Franz Grillparzer
57. “There’s sorrow and pain in everyone’s life, but every now and then there’s a ray of light that melts the loneliness in your heart and brings comfort like hot soup and a soft bed.” – Hubert Selby, Jr.
58. “Even the sun directs our gaze away from itself and to the life illumined by it.” – Eberhard Arnold
59. “Know that when you live joyfully, you radiate your light into the world.” – Jonathan Lockwood Huie
60. “Happiness is always there. You just have to choose to see it. There’s no point dwelling in the dark and ignoring the light of the stars.” – Carrie Hope Fletcher
61. “A smile is the light in your window that tells others that there is a caring, sharing person inside.” – Denis Waitley
62. “The artist vocation is to send light into the human heart.” – George Sand
63. “Stories are light. Light is precious in a world so dark. Begin at the beginning. Tell Gregory a story. Make some light.” – Kate DiCamillo
64. “Love is not consolation. It is light.” – Simone Weil
65. “My first memory is of light—the brightness of the light—light all around.” – Georgia O’Keeffe
66. “The people who love you will guide you like bright lights into the other worlds.” – Josephine Angelini
67. “Just remember, a dark shadow need light to exist but light doesn’t need darkness to be luminous.” – Gwen Hayes
68. “The manner in which one single ray of light, one single precious hint, will clarify and energize the whole mental life of him who receives it, is among the most wonderful and heavenly of intellectual phenomena.” – Arnold Bennett
69. “Happiness is attained, not through self-interest, but through unconditional fidelity in endless love of eternal light.” – Aaron Cohen
Quotes About Light and Darkness
70. “Give light, and the darkness will disappear of itself.” – Desiderius Erasmus
71. “If you are the light, you cast away the darkness.” – ManHee Lee
72. “And the light shines in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.” – Bible
73. “Light is a reality. Darkness is the absence of that reality. Light is a positive force. Darkness is not a force or a presence or a quantity of any kind. It appears only when light disappears. Light is not dependent upon darkness, but darkness is totally dependent upon light.” – John W.Sloat
74. “It is better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
75. “You can’t have a light without a dark to stick it in.” – Arlo Guthrie
76. “Look at how a single candle can both defy and define the darkness.” – Anne Frank
77. “There might not be so much of a difference between the side of Light and the side of Dark as you suppose. After all, without the Dark, there is nothing for the Light to burn away.” – Cassandra Clare
78. “After darkness comes the light.” – Cornelius Nepos
79. “In Light there is Dark, and in Dark there is Light.” – Kami Garcia
80. “Light thinks it travels faster than anything, but it is wrong. No matter how fast light travels, it finds the darkness has always got it first and is waiting for it.” – Terry Pratchett
81. “Darkness will always try to extinguish the light. The light will always try to repress the darkness.” – Morgan Rhodes
82. “There is no darkness so dense, so menacing, or so difficult that it cannot be overcome by light.” – Vern P. Stanfill
83. “There are darknesses in life and there are lights, and you are one of the lights, the light of all lights.” – Bram Stoker
84. “Most of us are imprisoned by something. We’re living in darkness until something flips on the switch.” – Wynonna Judd
Light Quotes on Experience and Lessons
85. “Light is a matter of experience, and it stays in play as experience even as we do our best to reduce it to rule and explanation.” – David A. Grandy
86. “Sometimes the best lighting of all is a power failure.” – Doug Coupland
87. “Who is more foolish, the child afraid of the dark or the man afraid of the light?” – Maurice Freehill
88. “In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present.” – Francis Bacon
89. “Nature is so powerful, so strong. Capturing its essence is not easy—your work becomes a dance with light and the weather. It takes you to a place within yourself.” – Annie Leibovitz
90. “You can curse the darkness or light a candle. The choice is yours.” – Patrick Kane
91. “If you have the knowledge, let others light their candles in it.” – Margaret Fuller
92. “Only when we are brave enough to explore the darkness will we discover the infinite power of our light.” – Brene Brown
93. “We all walk in the dark and each of us must learn to turn on his or her own light.” – Earl Nightingale
94. “Pointing to another world will never stop vice among us; shedding light over this world can alone help us.” – Walt Whitman
95. “I think that people generally don’t understand that light is a drug. Just like drugs, light can change the timing and abundance of chemicals in your body, hormones, neurotransmitters—all those sorts of things. That’s exactly what drugs do.” – Travis Longcore
96. “It’s not easy to be Light when you’ve been Dark. It’s almost too much to ask anyone.”- Macon Ravenwood
97. “I warn you, the trip will not be easy. Once you choose to walk in the light, your path will lead you places you do not want to go.” – Dave Wolverton
98. “You can’t selectively numb your anger, any more than you can turn off all lights in a room, and still expect to see the light.”- Shannon L. Alder
99. “Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.” – Chinese Proverb
Inner Light Quotes
100. “Nothing can dim the light that shines from within.” – Maya Angelou
101. “There is a candle in your heart, ready to be kindled. There is a void in your soul, ready to be filled. You feel it, don’t you? “- Rumi
102. “We are told to let our light shine, and if it does, we won’t need to tell anybody it does. Lighthouses don’t fire cannons to call attention to their shining- they just shine.” – Dwight L. Moody
103. “Light must come from inside. You cannot ask the darkness to leave; you must turn on the light.” – Sogyal Rinpoche
104. “Listen to the inner light; it will guide you. Listen to the inner peace; it will feed you. Listen to the inner love; it will transform you.” – Sri Chinmoy
105. “Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart.” – Kahlil Gibran
106. “Do not worry if all the candles in the world flicker and die. We have the spark that starts the fire.” – Rumi
107. “Within you is the light of a thousand suns.” – Robert Adams
108. “At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us. “- Albert Schweitzer
109. “When you possess light within, you see it externally.” – Anas Nin
110. “We are each gifted in a unique and important way. It is our privilege and our adventure to discover our own special light.” – Evelyn Dunbar
111. “No degree of worldly darkness can extinguish the glow of a soul’s inner light.” – Wes Fesler
112. “Wherever you go, no matter what the weather, always bring your own sunshine.” – Anthony J. D’Angelo
113. “We’ve all got both light and dark inside us. What matters is the part we choose to act on. That’s who we really are.” – JK. Rowling
114. “When you possess light within, you see it externally.” – Anais Nin
Light Quotes for Encouragement
115. “Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.” – Desmond Tutu
116. “Every little candle is a great knight fighting against the darkness! Every time you feel yourself tiny, remember these brave candles!” – Mehmet Murat Ildan
117. “When the sun is shining I can do anything; no mountain is too high, no trouble too difficult to overcome.” – Wilma Rudolph
118. “Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness comes upon you.” – John Ruskin
119. “We are indeed the light of the world–but only if our switch is turned on.” – John Hagee
120. “May your feet ever walk in the light of two suns… and may the moon shadow never fall on you.” – Robert Fanney
121. “What is to give light must endure the burning.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
122. “The sun shines on everybody. You’ve got to keep believing.” – Dontrelle Willis
123. “Turn your face to the sun and the shadows fall behind you.” – Maori Proverb
124. “Never fear shadows. They simply mean there’s a light shining somewhere nearby.” – Ruth E. Renkel
125. “Enthusiasm is the match that lights the candle of achievement.” – William Arthur Ward
126. “Know that darkness is merely the absence of light. You can be the small candle that defeats the vast darkness.” – Jonathan Lockwood Huie
127.“If we only look within, we will see the Light as if we were seeing our own image in a mirror.”- Sri S. Satchidananda
128. “Once in a while, you get shown the light in the strangest of places if you look at it right.”- Grateful Dead
129. “No matter what you’re going through, there’s a light at the end of the tunnel, and it may seem hard to get to it, but you can do it and just keep working towards it, and you’ll find the positive side of things.” – Demi Lovato
Light Quotes on Beauty and Love
130. “Gorgeous, glowing rays of light… This was what true beauty and goodness looked like a spectral, luminescent gathering of beings so pure it hurt to look directly at them, like the most glorious eclipse, or maybe Heaven itself.” – Lauren Kate
131. “When the sun shines, it not only brightens our day; it enlightens us, our soul, cleansing it of the gloominess that the night’s darkness had brought in.” – Tista Ray
132. “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
133. “No creature hath the like resemblance to the divine nature, as light hath. He doth not only dwell in light, but he is light. Light is a pure, bright, clear, spiritual, unmixed substance. God is infinitely so.” – Matthew Henry
134. “There are two kinds of light—the glow that illumines, and the glare that obscures.” -James Thurber
135. “Colors are the deeds and sufferings of light.” – Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
136. “To love beauty is to see light.” – Victor Hugo
137. “Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.” – Martin Luther King Jr
138. “Just as one candle lights another and can light thousands of other candles, so one heart illuminates another heart and can illuminate thousands of other hearts.” – Leo Tolstoy
139. “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
140. “Beauty is a light in the heart.” – Khalil Gibran
141. “Light is to darkness what love is to fear; in the presence of one the other disappears.” – Marianne Williamson
142. “Maybe you have to know the darkness before you can appreciate the light.” – Madeline L’Engle
143. “Look at the light and admire its beauty. Close your eyes, and then look again: what you saw is no longer there, and what you will see later is not yet.” – Leonardo da Vinci
144. “People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in their true beauty are revealed only if there is light from within.” – Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
Incredible Lights Quotes that Will Guide You
145. “Light itself is a great corrective. A thousand wrongs and abuses that are grown in darkness disappear, like owls and bats, before the light of day.” – James A. Garfield
146. “There they stand, the innumerable stars, shining in order like a living hymn, written in light.” – N.P. Willis
147. “If we prefer darkness better than light, we must be suffered long to dwell in darkness; if we would hasten the time, we must take the light and diffuse it; the light which the few have must be made common to the many.” – E. D. Mansfield
148. “And so this is what light is: an electric field tied up with a magnetic field, flying through space.” – Cathal O’Connell
149. “Lethargic are to be laid in the light and exposed to the rays of the sun for the disease is gloom.” – Aretaeus
150. “Is there anything more loyal than the sun?” – Mary Oliver
151. “We are all broken, that’s how the light gets in.” – Ernest Hemingway
152. “She was bendable light: she shone around every corner of my day.” – Jerry Spinelli
153. “When the Sun of compassion arises darkness evaporates and the singing birds come from nowhere.” – Amit Ray
154. “The moon will guide you through the night with her brightness, but she will always dwell in the darkness, in order to be seen.” – Shannon L. Alder
155. “Dreams are what guide us, art is what defines us, math is what makes it all possible, and love is what lights our way.”- Mike Norton
156. “The path of light is the quest for knowledge.”- Lailah Gifty Akita
157. “When I feel the heat, I see the light.”- Everett Dirksen
158. “Firelight will not let you read fine stories, but it’s warm, and you won’t see the dust on the floor.” – Irish Proverb
159. “Sometimes that light at the end of the tunnel is a train.” – Charles Barkley
Quotes on Importance of Light
160. “From within or from behind, a light shines through us upon things and makes us aware that we are nothing, but the light is all.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
161. “If there is light in the soul, There will be beauty in the person. If there is beauty in the person, There will be harmony in the house. If there is harmony in the house, There will be order in the nation. If there is order in the nation, There will be peace in the world.” – Chinese Proverb
162. “The more light you allow within you the brighter the world you live in will be.” – Shakti Gawain
163. “Either all lights are turned off or one inner light is missing.” – Dejan Stojanovic
164. “May the sun comes, it’s a new day; In the pure land of fantasy; That our darkness enlightened.” – Miguel Torga
165. “He who does not see the light in others does not see the light in himself.”- Doreen DeVore
166.“No man can walk so long in the Shadow that he cannot come again to the Light.”- Robert Jordan
167. “Light tomorrow with today!” – Elizabeth Barrett Browning
168. “We move in and out of darkness and light all our lives. Right now I’m pleased to be in the light.” – Neal Shusterman
169. “When you go home you ought to go like a ray of light—so that it will, even in the night, burst out of the doors and windows and illuminate the darkness.”- Robert G. Ingersoll
Light Quotes on Good Deeds
170. “The hero is the one who kindles a great light in the world, who sets up blazing torches in the dark streets of life for men to see by. The saint is the man who walks through the dark paths of the world, himself a light.” – Felix Adler
171. “There is no denying that there is evil in this world, but the light will always conquer the darkness.” – Idowu Koyenikan
172. “Learn to light a candle in the darkest moments of someone’s life. Be the light that helps others see; it is what gives life its deepest significance.” – Roy T. Bennett
173. “There are two ways of spreading light; to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.” – Edith Wharton
174. “Give light and people will find the way.” – Ella Baker
175. “As we let our light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence actually liberates others.” – Marianne Williamson
176. “For a man who walks in the light, to stay humble is not to walk in the dark; you don’t need to project yourself to be thought an honest man.” – Mike Norton
177. “A man should learn to detect and watch that gleam of light which flashes across his mind from within.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
178. “If you have a light, share it with people; if you have darkness, share it with the Sun!” – Mehmet Murat ildan
179. “You have to be transparent, so you no longer cast a shadow but instead let the light pass through you.” – Kamand Kojouri
180. “Being the light of the world is about being a broken, exploding, scarred star and shining a light of hope and inspiration to everyone around you.” – Ricky Maye
Did You Find the Inner Light Within You By Reading These Amazing Quotes?
Since the dawn of man, light has been a point of interest. Without it, we only see darkness. Light gives life to everything in this world including us which we depend on every single day.
It is important in our daily lives because it enables us to see things and do things for a living. If there were no light, we would not be able to see the beauty and wonders of the world.
Which of these light quotes is your favorite and why? Let us know in the comment section below.
