Cancer is not something confined to human beings. It's found in all multi cellular organisms where the adult cells proliferate, so it's widespread in the biosphere. It's a phenomenon that is deeply related to the history of life itself, so by studying cancer I think we can illuminate the history of life itself and vice versa.
Any great art is meant to illuminate the human condition.
We are told to let our light shine, and if it does, we won't need to tell anybody it does. Lighthouses don't fire cannons to call attention to their shining - they just shine.
It is your work to clear away the mass of encumbering material of thoughts, so that you may bring into plain view the precious thing at the center of the mass.
To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark.
Man's mind is not a container to be filled but rather a fire to be kindled.
The entire aim of my work is to elevate the human spirit. We can put the human spirit down so easily.
Analogies, in particular, can illuminate, but they can also obscure and confuse. They need to be handled carefully, like rhetorical high explosives.
Everybody loves things that sparkle.
All I've ever wanted to do is darken the day and brighten the night.
Bring out the eyes.
Illuminate choice.
Darkness does not truly have sway. I think that it's weak.
Catch on fire and people will come for miles to see you burn.
Metaphors are fine if they aid understanding, but sometimes they get in the way.
One difference with the political writings, whether about feminism or class, is that the intent is to change how people think of a certain political reality; whereas with cultural criticism, the goal is to illuminate something that is already there.
An apt quotation is like a lamp which flings its light over the whole sentence.
Writing and performing should deepen the meaning of words, should illuminate, transfix and transform.
Sometimes it is better to light a flamethrower than curse the darkness.
For me, the greater purpose of the story is just to illuminate some pattern of human truth.
Lighting is a good way to change the look of a place without spending much.
What I want any genre to do, what I want any work of art to do, is to illuminate the human condition.
A confession you make merely to illuminate the murky corners of your little life may end up lighting the path to freedom for a thousand other hearts.
