Science knows no country, because knowledge belongs to humanity, and is the torch which illuminates the world.
The most ordinary word, when put into place, suddenly acquires brilliance. That is the brilliance with which your images must shine.
The best kind of comedy to me is when you make people laugh at things they've never laughed at, and also take a light into the darkened corners of people's minds, exposing them to the light.
You still stand watch, O human star, burning without a flicker, perfect flame, bright and resourceful spirit. Each of your rays a great idea - O torch which passes from hand to hand, from age to age, world without end.
The ordinary man casts a shadow in a way we do not quite understand. The man of genius casts light.
The true division of humanity is between those who live in light and those who live in darkness. Our aim must be to diminish the number of the latter and increase the number of the former. That is why we demand education and knowledge.
If you have knowledge, let others light their candles at it.
Analogies, in particular, can illuminate, but they can also obscure and confuse. They need to be handled carefully, like rhetorical high explosives.
The great poets have sympathized with the people. They have uttered in all ages the human cry. Unbought by gold, unawed by power, they have lifted high the torch that illuminates the world.
We have all the light we need, we just need to put it in practice.
I find the light and work it, work it, work it.
What I value in books is lucidity. I want the language to be rich; I love lexical fireworks on the page, but I have to know what it means. I want to be surprised and delighted, not merely baffled.
The knowledge from an enlightened person breaks on the hard rocks of ignorance.
There are little gems all around us that can hold glimmers of inspiration.
Clarity is the counterbalance of profound thoughts.
Better to illuminate than merely to shine, to deliver to others contemplated truths than merely to contemplate.
The intellect of the wise is like glass; it admits the light of heaven and reflects it.
The poet is like the earth's shadow. The sun moves, and the poet writes something down.
In complete darkness, it is only knowledge and wisdom that separates us.
It's the job of the artist to take something that everybody thinks they know about, they've made a decision about, they will be immovable on, and to shine a light on it.
