Francis of Assisi Quotes

It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.

Darkness does not truly have sway. I think that it's weak.

I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness because it shows me the stars.

There are dark shadows on the earth, but its lights are stronger in the contrast.

It is better to light one candle than curse the darkness.

I like to write about the moment of light in the hour of darkness.

No matter how dark and gloomy it looks in your life right now, if you'll release the weight of those burdens, you will see the sun break forth.

Only in the darkness can you see the stars.

Even in the darkest moments, light exists if you have faith to see it.

There is light in darkness, you just have to find it.

Hope is that tiny light that the gods have given us so that we can find our way through our darkest hours. And while we might stub our toes and bruise our knees, if we keep moving forward, even when our progress is slow and painful, we will overcome and be made better by our journey. … No misery or bad situation is ever infinite or final until we make a conscious decision for it to be so.

In the midst of darkness, light persists.

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.

It is better to light a candle than curse the darkness.

Let us not curse the darkness. Let us kindle little lights.

Give light, and the darkness will disappear of itself.

Better to light a single candle than to curse the darkness.

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.

When you're writing about difficult things and darker issues, it's nice to offer some sort of light at the end of the tunnel. Some sense of hope. Sometimes, the best way to do that is by offering it in the music, so that you can dance your way out of the darkness.

John Cheever was the first writer I ever read who sort of had that similar sensation that, you know, life is nasty, miserable, brutish and short, but that occasionally, there's a certain river of light, a kind word, a telling gesture that sort of illuminates something.

My broken brilliance will shine a light in the darkness.

The black moment is the moment when the real message of transformation is going to come. At the darkest moment comes the light.

And I saw darkness for weeks. It never dawned on me that I could come out of it, but you heal. Nature heals you, and you do come out of it. All of a sudden I saw a crack of light ... then all of a sudden I saw another crack of light. Then I saw forms in the light. And I recognized that there was no darkness, that in darkness there'll always be light.

Hard times may have held you down, but they will not last forever. When all is said and done, you will be increased.

Be comforted, dear soul! There is always light behind the clouds.