Henry Ward Beecher Quotes

What makes night within us may leave stars.

Don't fear the darkness if you carry the light within.

I will gather myself around my faith, for light does the darkness most fear.

Do not seek so anxiously to be developed, to subject yourself to many influences to be played on; it is all dissipation. Humility like darkness reveals the heavenly lights.

To fight evil with activity is like fighting darkness with one's hands. So what you need is light, not fit.

Once you conquer your selfish self, all your darkness will change to light.

Despair was a heavy blackness that let no light in or out. It was a hell beyond expression. I thank God it always passed.

Man is his own star, and the soul that can Render an honest and a perfect man, Commands all light.

You will fear the darkness only to the extent that you yourself are not providing light.

My own understanding is the sole treasure I possess, and the greatest. Though infinitely small and fragile in comparison with the powers of darkness, it is still a light, my only light.

Even in the darkest moments, light exists if you have the faith to see it. Fear is a poison produced by the mind, and courage is the antidote stored always in the soul. In misfortune lies the seed of future triumph.

But there is a light that goes deeper than the will, a light that lights up the darkness behind it: that light can change your will, can make it truly yours and not another's - not the Shadow's. Into the created can pour itself the creating will, and so redeem it!

I wish neither to possess nor to be possessed. I no longer covet 'paradise'. More important, I no longer fear 'hell'. The medicine for my suffering I had within me from the very beginning but I did not take it. My ailment came from within myself, but I did not observe it, until this moment. Now I see that I will never find the light unless, like the candle, I am my own fuel, consuming myself.

When our minds are filled with light, there is no room for darkness

One day I noticed that I could go on working my art motif no matter what the weather might be. I no longer needed the sun, for I took my light everywhere with me.

In the darkest place, shed the brightest light.

There is always a light within us that is free from all sorrow and grief, no matter how much we may be experiencing suffering.

Turn to the light. Don't fear the shadow it creates.

When we are walking our chosen path, we walk elegantly, emanating light.

Don't be made useless or idle with despair. Gather yourself around your strength for light does the darkness most fear.

You continue to live them out, making your life a worthy expression of leaning into the light.

...When you can look into the face of human beings and you have enough light to recognize them as your brothers and sisters. Up until then it is night and darkness is still with us. Let us pray for the light. It is the peace the world cannot give.

From birth to death you go on living, groping in darkness with no light - and you could have created the light. You cannot find it in the scriptures; nobody can hand it to you. It is not purchased or sold; it is nontransferable. But you can create it - you can put all your energies together. You can start living consciously from this very moment.

Whatever causes night in our souls may leave stars. Cimourdain was full of virtues and truth, but they shine out of a dark background.

Foster and polish the warrior spirit while serving in the world; illuminate the path according to your inner light.