Ezra Pound Quotes

We are not here to curse the darkness, but to light the candle that can guide us thru that darkness to a safe and sane future.

You are the light of the world. Shine, and darkness will disappear.

Who would not be pleased at carrying lamps helpfully through the darkness?

But when we are following the light, even its extinction is a guide.

Stories are light. Light is precious in a world so dark.

Remember that in a hall of perfect darkness, totally dark, if you light one small candle, its light will be seen from afar; its precious light will be seen by everyone.

Even a single lamp dispels the deepest darkness.

Man could not live by darkness alone, one point of light he must have for salvation -- one point of light.

Jon passes from Darkness to Light.

...know you not that you are my sun by day, and my star by night? By my faith! I was in deepest darkness till you appeared and illuminated all.

...be a light unto the darkness, and curse it not

There is light somewhere.

In order to cause a shadow to disappear, you must shine light on it.

And when the night is cloudy There is still a light that shines on me Shine on until tomorrow, let it Be...

Humility like darkness reveals the heavenly lights.

And the light by which she had read the book filled with troubles, falsehoods, sorrow, and evil, flared up more brightly than ever before, lighted up for her all that had been in darkness, flickered, began to grow dim, and was quenched forever.

Yes, instruction! Light! Light! Everything comes from light, and to everything it returns.

Whenever you see something going well - whenever light begins to chase back the darkness that threatens to engulf our world - look closely. There stands a leader who is holding that candle.

In this world, which is so plainly the antechamber of another, there are no happy men. The true division of humanity is between those who live in light and those who live in darkness. Our aim must be to diminish the number of the latter and increase the number of the former. That is why we demand education and knowledge.

Look at how a single candle can both defy and define the darkness.

An everlasting lodestar, that beams the brighter in the heavens the darker here on earth grows the night.

If you are in a dark room, don’t beat at the darkness with a stick, but rather try to turn on the light

Where the light is, and each thing clear,Separate from all others, standing in its place,I drink the time and touch whatever's near,And hope for day when the whole world has that face:For what assures her present every year?In dark accidents the mind's sufficient grace.

The world is dark, and light is precious. Come closer, dear reader. You must trust me. I am telling you a story.

There is no ill which may not be dissipated, like the dark, if you let in a stronger light upon it.