Ursula K. Le Guin Quotes

Despite what people might think, I'm not interested in being dark all the time. I'm actually searching for some kind of light, and I'm always very happy when I can achieve that.

Be light, light, light - full of light!

Look for the light. Look for it in everything. Look for it in yourself, in your children, in your job, and in your dreams. Look for it in the food you eat and in the people you surround yourself with.

Give light, and the darkness will disappear of itself.

I think people need a little light and a little happiness in their lives.

I'm just trying to be a little tiny light in God's world.

Be a bringer of the Light. For your light can do more than illuminate your own path, you can be the light which truly lights the world.

When the lights come on inside of you, everyone in the world can see a little better.

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.

Dear sisters and brothers, we realize the importance of light when we see darkness.

Remember: Always walk in the light. And if you feel like you're not walking in it, go find it. Love the light.

The brave who focus on all things good and all things beautiful and all things true, even in the small, who give thanks for it and discover joy even in the here and now, they are the change agents who bring fullest Light to all the world.

The difference between an optimist and a pessimist? An optimist laughs to forget, but a pessimist forgets to laugh.

As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of mere being.

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

Even if happiness forgets you a little bit, never completely forget about it.

Every day you must arise and say to your heart, I have suffered enough and now I must live because the light of the sun must not be wasted, it must not be lost without an eye to appreciate it.

Sunshine is a welcome thing. It brings a lot of brightness.

I honestly believe there are good things happening in this world, and I'll spend most of my time trying to find them and bring them to light.

Hope is itself a species of happiness, and, perhaps, the chief happiness, which this world affords.

I believe in the sun. In the tangle of human failures of fear, greed and forgetfulness, the sun gives me clarity.

People are reminded that it's not all ugliness in the world.

I feel now it's useless to keep hoping. The way things are today, we live in a world that needs laughter, and I've decided if I can make people laugh, I'm making a more important contribution.

I rise to taste the dawn, and find that love alone will shine today.

The sun is gone, but I have a light.