Quotes for All
The same polarity of the male and female principle exists in nature; not only, as is obvious in animals and plants, but in the polarity of the two fundamental functions, that of receiving and penetrating. It is the polarity of earth and rain, of the river and the ocean, of night and day, of darkness … Read more
Just as ecstasy purifies you of the particular and the contingent, leaving nothing except light and darkness, so insomnia kills off the multiplicity and diversity of the world, leaving you prey to your private obsessions. Emile M. Cioran
The ingredients of both darkness and light are equally present in all of us,…The madness of this planet is largely a result of the human being’s difficulty in coming to viruous balance with himself. Elizabeth Gilbert
The notion is that human beings are born, (as my Guru has explained many times,) with equivalent potential for both contraction and expansion. The ingredients of both darkness and light are equally present in all of us, and then it’s up to the individual (or the family, or the society) to decide what will be … Read more
You will find ambiguity a great ally on your road to power. Give a sign of Slytherin on one day, and contradict it with a sign of Gryffindor the next; and the Slytherins will be enabled to believe what they wish, while the Gryffindors argue themselves into supporting you as well. So long as there … Read more
It is better to light a candle than curse the darkness. Eleanor Roosevelt
There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it. Edith Wharton
In the universe, there is darkness and light. We call this duality. When you seek knowledge and power, there are forces and people that will oppose you. Frederick Lenz
In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present. Francis Bacon
I even see the cinema itself as a woman, with its alternation of light and darkness, of appearing and disappearing images Federico Fellini