When I have clarified and exhausted a subject, then I turn away from it, in order to go into darkness again. – Carl Friedrich Gauss
‘Darkness on the Edge of Town’ came out of a huge body of work that had tons of very happy songs. – Bruce Springsteen
As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of mere being. – Carl Jung
There was a darkness, a melancholy, that people had trouble accepting. Maybe now, it would work better. – Alain Resnais
Science has explained nothing; the more we know the more fantastic the world becomes and the profounder the surrounding darkness. – Aldous Huxley
I still don’t love the darkness, though I’ve learned to smile in it a little bit, now and then. – Billy Crystal
Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darknesses of other people. – Carl Jung
I have not been part of an active counterculture movement, as it is not the approach that I have personally pursued to create a qualitatively beneficial and meaningful impact on society. Perhaps, my belief is along the old saying that ‘it is always better to light one candle than to curse the darkness.’ – Al Seckel
I guess darkness serves a purpose: to show us that there is redemption through chaos. I believe in that. I think that’s the basis of Greek mythology. – Brendan Fraser
Minority is about being an individual. It’s like you have to sift through the darkness to find your place and be that individual you want to be your entire life. – Billie Joe Armstrong
Storms and darkness scared me, but somehow it encouraged me to learn about nature and I think nothing’s dark, dark is beautiful too. – Bai Ling
My children have stolen my dreams in a very literal sense. I’ve lost months in the minutes and hours that Sabine and Zoey have needed me at night, their thin, butterfly-beating hearts pushed against me in the darkness. – Alexi Zentner
All the characters I play are all inside of me in a way, and they’re all different, the darkness, the lightness, whatever that is. – Alexander Skarsgard
I’m an enormous fan of Thomas Bernhard’s books, and I like the relentless feeling in his work – the pursuit of darkness, the negative – and I think in some sense I’ve internalised that as what one is supposed to do. – Ben Marcus
I will turn the darkness before them into light, the rough places into level ground. These are the things I do, and I do not forsake them. – The Bible Isaiah 42:16
I don’t flinch from darkness, but I’ve always been bothered by what I call gore-nography. – Benjamin Percy
The fight against terrorism is an international struggle of the free world against the forces of darkness. – Ariel Sharon
A work will only have deep resonance if the kind of darkness I can generate is something that is resident in me already. – Anish Kapoor
You must stand for something! It does not have to be grand, but it must be a positive that brings light to someone else’s darkness. – Anthony Carmona
I know how I want to try and live my life. I know I don’t want to leave any darkness behind me. – Ali Hewson
God is not a hypothesis derived from logical assumptions, but an immediate insight, self-evident as light. He is not something to be sought in the darkness with the light of reason. He is the light. – Abraham Joshua Heschel
Gratitude’s not a natural posture. The prince of darkness is ultimately a spoiled ingrate, and I’ve spent most of my life as kin to the fist-shaker. – Ann Voskamp
When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.” – The Bible John 8:12
When the past no longer illuminates the future, the spirit walks in darkness. – Alexis de Tocqueville
Relish everything that’s inside of you, the imperfections, the darkness, the richness and light and everything. And that makes for a full life. – Anthony Hopkins
And introduce an element of cynicism and darkness into it and just realize that we’re all vulnerable. We are humans. There is a finite end to this life and we’re all going to face it and a little silliness can help. – Alan Thicke
From my point of view, God is the light that illuminates the darkness, even if it does not dissolve it, and a spark of divine light is within each of us. – Pope Francis