Charles Caleb Colton Quotes

Light, whether it be material or moral, is the best reformer; for it prevents those disorders which other remedies sometimes cure, but sometimes confirm.

Reformation, like education, is a journey, not a destination.

He is not Brown any longer. He is an angel of light.

I am a friend to the reformation generally of whatever can be made better

Repentance may begin instantly, but reformation often requires a sphere of years.

Then, we realize that the degraded cocoon we have been hiding in is revolting, and we want to turn up the lights as far as we can. In fact, we are not turning up the lights, but we are simply opening our eyes wider. We catch a certain kind of fever.

All reform except a moral one will prove unavailing.

The reformer does not want to move left; he wants to move forward.

We have always a right to correct ancient errors and to establish what is more conformable to reason and convenience

Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation.

I have often ... looked at that sun behind the President, without being able to tell whether it was rising or setting. But now, at length, I have the happiness to know that it is a rising sun and not a setting sun.

The wound is the place where the light enters you.

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.

You just keep shining a light and hoping people will start to pay attention.

There's no need for shadows when the Light has come, when the Star and the Sun have appeared - and Christ is both - bringing light to day and night.

It's difficult to change things in a positive way.

I went to church. I found the light.

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.

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

Education leads to enlightenment. Enlightenment opens the way to empathy. Empathy foreshadows reform.

Evil (ignorance) is like a shadow-- it has no real substance of its own, it is simply a lack of light. You cannot cause a shadow to disappear by trying to fight it, stamp on it, by railing against it, or any other form of emotional or physical resistance. In order to cause a shadow to disappear, you must shine light on it

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.

The longing for light is the longing for consciousness.

There is nothing wrong with change, if it is in the right direction.

Transforming yourself is a means of giving light to the whole world.