Robert Boyle Quotes

Like a lamp, dispelling the darkness of ignorance

Suddenly a mist fell from my eyes and I knew the way I had to take.

In complete darkness, it is only knowledge and wisdom that separates us.

In a dark time, the eye begins to see.

Ignorance is the curse of God; knowledge is the wing wherewith we fly to heaven.

Minor things can become moments of great revelation when encountered for the first time.

Night brings our troubles to the light, rather than banishes them.

There is no darkness but ignorance.

Light itself is a revelation.

Seeing the Way is like going into a dark room with a torch; the darkness instantly departs, while the light alone remains. When the Way is attained and the truth is seen, ignorance vanishes and enlightenment abides forever.

Let the ugly light of the world in, we are no longer blind.

It was all so clear now. Like everything had been lost in darkness, and then the sun came out. Some moments are like that.

You can't discover light, by analyzing the dark.

Discovery is the journey; insight is the destination.

Books are as useful to a stupid person as a mirror is useful to a blind person.

Light is the symbol of truth.

To free a person from error is to give, and not to take away.

An age is called Dark not because the light fails to shine, but because people refuse to see it.

We stumble and fall constantly even when we are most enlightened. But when we are in true spiritual darkness, we do not even know that we have fallen.

I always liked those moments of epiphany, when you have the next destination.

The light which puts out our eyes is darkness to us. Only that day dawns to which we are awake. There is more day to dawn. The sun is but a morning star.

Our lives are universally shortened by our ignorance.

When you make the finding yourself - even if you're the last person on Earth to see the light - you'll never forget it.

In expanding the field of knowledge we but increase the horizon of ignorance.

The obvious is that which is never seen until someone expresses it simply.