Quotes about Darkness
His voice rose under the black smoke before the burning wreckage of the island; and infected by that emotion, the other little boys began to shake and sob too. And in the middle of them, with filthy body, matted hair, and unwiped nose, Ralph wept for the end of innocence, the darkness of mans heart, and the fall through the air of the true, wise friend called Piggy.
— William Golding
For you are to observe, that Body begins not from itself, nor is any Thing of itself, but is all that it is, whether pure or impure, has all that it has, whether of Light or Darkness, and works all that it works, whether of Good or Evil, merely from Spirit.
— William Law
To an eye of reason, everything that respects the conversion of the heathen is as dark as midnight; and yet I cannot but hope in God for the accomplishment of something glorious among them.
— David Brainerd
Darkness does something to a place, doesn't it? It distorts. It becomes a canvas for the imagination. The good news is that shadows are only the deflection of light. They can frighten, but they can do no harm.
— David Jeremiah
We must first peer into the darkness, feel strangled and entombed in the hopelessness of living without God, before we are ready to feel the presence of His living light.
— Abraham Joshua Heschel
God can never entrust His Kingdom to anyone who has not been broken of pride, for pride is the armour of darkness itself.
— Francis Frangipane
As far as the Lord is concerned, the time to stand is in the darkest moment. It is when everything seems hopeless, when there appears no way out, when God alone can deliver.
— David Wilkerson
Sometimes in the contrast of the night, we can best see the glory of God.
— Beth Moore
I would rather walk every day in the darkness with a God who remains a mystery to me than in the light with a God I completely understand.
— Kay Warren
The only way to meet the modern demon-stration of the powers of darkness is by a demonstration of the power of God.
— Vance Havner
Without God, all of our efforts turn to ashes and our sunrise into the darkest of nights.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
The Jews did not go into darkness all at once. It was a gradual work, until they could not discern the gift of God in sending his Son.
— Ellen White