Quotes about Darkness
Midway in our life's journey, I went astray from the straight road and woke to find myself alone in a dark wood.
— Dante Alighieri
Even the darkest moments of the liturgy are filled with joy, and Ash Wednesday, the beginning of the lenten fast, is a day of happiness, a Christian feast.
— Thomas Merton
And from the midst of cheerless gloomI passed to bright unclouded day.
— Emily Bronte
Study the history of revival. God has always sent revival in the darkest days. Oh, for a mighty, sweeping revival today!
— Adrian Rogers
Hope means to keep living amid desperation and to keep humming in the darkness.
— Henri Nouwen
The rising sun can dispel the darkness of night, but it cannot banish the blackness of malice, hatred, bigotry, and selfishness from the hearts of humanity.
— David O. McKay
Pressed, I would define spirituality as the shadow of light humanity casts as it moves through the darkness of everything that can be explained.
— John Updike
If you can't joke about the most horrendous things in the world, what's the point of jokes? What's the point in having humor? Humor is to get us over terrible things.
— Ricky Gervais
The gift of darkness draws you to know God's presence beyond what thought, imagination, or sensory feeling can comprehend.
— Fr. Richard Rohr
Every moment of light and dark is a miracle.
— Walt Whitman
But I know, somehow, that only when it is dark enough, can you see the stars.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Only in the darkness can you see the stars.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.