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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 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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"Where there is darkness, let me be the light. Where there is suffering, let me be kind and compassionate."
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"God himself is referring to Jesus as light, illumination, knowledge, insight, understanding, wisdom."
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"It is at midnight, not midday, that stars shine the brightest."
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"The light shines brighter on our path."
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"Nothing can dim the light which shines from within."
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"Our greatest quest in life should be to live in the light!"
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"The greatest life is the joy of contentment."
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"Come out my friend. Come out from the narrow lanes of darkness into the vivacious light of the day."
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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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"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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