Suzy Kassem Quotes

The hero is 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.

We should be shining lamps, giving light to all around us.

People press toward the light not in order to see better but in order to shine better.--We are happy to regard the one before whomwe shine as light.

The thing about light is that it really isn’t yours; it’s what you gather and shine back. And it gets more power from reflectiveness; if you sit still and take it in, it fills your cup, and then you can give it off yourself.

When the darkness comes, keep an eye on the light - whatever that is for you - no matter how far away it seems.

My first thought is always of light.

America is looking for answers. She's looking for a new direction; the world is looking for a light. That light can come from America's great North Star; it can come from Alaska.

From its brilliancy everything is illuminated.

There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.

I want to be the light of my city.

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

Lights of the world, and stars of human race.

Delusion will vanish as the light becomes more and more effulgent, load after load of ignorance will vanish, and then will come a time when all else has disappeared and the sun alone shines.

Even in the darkest of times we have the right to expect some illumination, and ... such illumination may well come less from theories and concepts than from the uncertain, flickering, and often weak light that some men and women, in their lives and their works, will kindle under almost all circumstances and shed over the time-span that was given them on earth.

He has learned that it is best to follow the light.

Don't listen to me. Listen to yourself ... People often ask me at this age, 'Who am I passing the torch to?' First of all, I'm not giving up my torch, thank you! I'm using my torch to light other people's torches. ... If we each have a torch, there's a lot more light.

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.

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

We're here for a reason. I believe a bit of the reason is to throw little torches out to lead people through the dark.

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

How does light enter a person? Through the open door of love.

The quality of light by which we scrutinize our lives has direct bearing upon the product which we live, and upon the changes which we hope to bring about through those lives. It is within this light that we form those ideas by which we pursue our magic and make it realized. This is poetry as illumination, for it is through poetry that we give name to those ideas which are, until the poem, nameless and formless-about to be birthed, but already felt.

Let thy light shine, then, in dark places.

Inspiration is that state in which mind and heart are connected. When you feel inspired you find yourself thrust into a world where ordinary objects and events are full of light, as if illuminated from within. This inner light is truth, and when you suddenly see the truth, we gain insight, clarity, and joy.

You playing small doesn't serve the world. There's nothing enlightening about shrinking so others won't feel insecure around you. As you let your own light shine, you indirectly give others permission to do the same.