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"I had not yet gotten into the world of light. But I felt as one who, standing outside, could knock against the wall and hear an answering knock from within."
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"The path of light is the quest for knowledge."
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"Be like the moon-reflect lights of love from within."
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"Burn, burn, burn to become the light,to enlighten the whole world."
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"In the beginning..when ray and day hadn't yet come into existence at all, there was a kind of radiance that illuminates universe. That radiance is the light of knowledge and goodness. That radiance will persistently and consistently shines brightly even after all the stars and moons in this vast universe died out."
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"The moment the light of your being becomes bright, darkness will melt away to reveal the brightness of your consciousness."
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"If the light we have is continually engulfed by the darkness in a way that makes the darkness even darker, maybe we should think about getting our light from Someone else before it gets a whole lot darker."
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"The light is more powerful than the darkness."
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"The sun is rising with a bright golden glittering glint. Let us wake up to enjoy the joyful battles of light and darkness."
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"It is at midnight, not midday, that stars shine the brightest."
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"Where there is darkness, let me be the light. Where there is suffering, let me be kind and compassionate."
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"What we now call school training, the pursuit of fixed studies at stated hours under the constant guidance of a teacher, I could scarcely be said to have enjoyed."
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"I had not yet gotten into the world of light. But I felt as one who, standing outside, could knock against the wall and hear an answering knock from within."
Light
"The time was not yet ripe for the growth of mathematical science among us, and any development that might have taken place in that direction was rudely stopped by the civil war."
Science
"In 1860 a total eclipse of the sun was visible in British America."
America
"Aerial flight is one of that class of problems with which men will never have to cope."
Men
"The beginning of 1856 found me teaching in the family of a planter named Bryan, residing in Prince George County, Md., some fifteen or twenty miles from Washington."
Family
"As the existence of a corps of professors of mathematics is peculiar to our navy, as well as an apparent, perhaps a real, anomaly, some account of it may be of interest."
Existence
"Though born in Nova Scotia, I am of almost pure New England descent."
England
"When about fifteen I once made a great scandal by taking out my knife in prayer meeting and assaulting a young man who, while I was kneeling down during the prayer, stood above me and squeezed my neck."
Man
"In 1858 I received the degree of D. S. from the Lawrence Scientific School, and thereafter remained on the rolls of the university as a resident graduate."
School
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