David Paul Quotes

We love against the night, burning like stars against the darkness of bread and circuses.

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• Airport security exists to guard us against terrorist attacks.

  

  Salman Rushdie
  • Security
  • Against
  • Airport

• The true Islam has shown me that a blanket indictment of all white people is as wrong as when whites make blanket indictments against blacks.

  

  Malcolm X
  • People
  • True
  • Wrong

• I have some security that could protect me against provocations but of course there are more terrible actions that could not be stopped by any security.

  Garry Kasparov
  • Me
  • Security
  • Terrible

• Dear sisters and brothers, I am not against anyone.

  

  Malala Yousafzai
  • Against
  • Brothers
  • Sisters

• Genius without religion is only a lamp on the outer gate of a palace; it may serve to cast a gleam of light on those that are without, while the inhabitant sits in darkness.

  

  Hannah More
  • May
  • Light
  • Religion

• Never assume you have everything pegged. Never tweak that last duck, and pat yourself on the back, and take everything else for granted. Because that's when god rips the mike out of your hand and says, out of nowhere, you might not come back from Dead Man's Curve. Say what? That's when you wake up in darkness, fumbling for the light switch

  

  Jan Berry
  • Up
  • God
  • Light

• You must learn to walk to the edge of the light, and then a few steps into the darkness; then the light will appear and show the way before you.

  

  Harold B. Lee
  • Light
  • Darkness
  • Edge

• The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness cannot understand it

  

  Ted Dekker
  • Light
  • Darkness
  • Shining

• No matter what our personal circumstances may be, if we ourselves become a source of light, then there will be no darkness in the world.

  

  Daisaku Ikeda
  • World
  • May
  • Light

• There's too much darkness in the world. Everywhere you turn, someone is tryin' to tear someone down in some way; everywhere you go, there's a feeling of inadequacy, or a feeling that you're not good enough. I want to bring a certain light to the world.

  

  Alicia Keys
  • World
  • Good
  • Feeling

• I don't know what God has planned for me or you or anyone, but I do know that in darkness, you discover an indistinguishable light.

  

  Cory Booker
  • God
  • Light
  • Darkness

• Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our Light, not our Darkness, that most frightens us.

  

  Marianne Williamson
  • Fear
  • Light
  • Powerful

• Every time we focus on someone else's darkness, we are blocking our own view of the light. We think the person we are involved with has attacked us or has withheld love from us, when they really haven't. We focus on their guilt instead of their innocence. Frequently people are just being themselves and we start projecting our own childhood dramas onto them, pushing away the very love we want so much.

  

  Marianne Williamson
  • People
  • Time
  • Light

• I'm no reformer; for I see more lightThan darkness in the world; mine eyes are quickTo catch the first dim radiance of the dawn,And slow to note the cloud that threatens storm.

  

  Ella Wheeler Wilcox
  • World
  • Eyes
  • Eye

• We aren't bodies at all; who we are is the love inside us, and it is that love alone that determines our value. When our minds are filled with light, there is no room for darkness.

  

  Marianne Williamson
  • Love
  • Light
  • Value

• The judge ruled against us on both the revocation and the text change, reasoning that we used the wrong legal vehicles. We will have to have some serious discussions before we make a decision as to whether to appeal the decision or not.

  

  John Britton
  • Decision
  • Judge
  • Against

• Young children are not prejudiced against languages, unlike many adults, ... They are not afraid of having a go, of interacting with others linguistically. Later on, their hormones tend to get in the way.

  

  Peter Hall
  • Children
  • Afraid
  • Against

• We practiced against Juninho's free-kicks, ... But not enough to stop him.

  

  Vanderlei Luxemburgo
  • Against
  • Practiced
  • Juninho`s

• It's like the Tibetan Wheel of the Passions. As the wheel turns, the values and feelings on the outer rim rise and fall, shining or sinking into darkness. But true love stays fastened to the axle and doesn't move.

  

  Haruki Murakami
  • Values
  • Darkness
  • Move

• We are the representatives of the cosmos; we are an example of what hydrogen atoms can do, given 15 billion years of cosmic evolution.

  

  Carl Sagan
  • Years
  • Evolution
  • Example

• I also think the women's movement has unintentionally contributed to the dishonoring of motherhood. It happened because we made such a big deal about our right to go out into the world.

  

  Marianne Williamson
  • World
  • Women
  • I Think

• You seize your freedom in a spirit of rebelliousness, exuberance, defiant joy. But to live that choice -- over the weeks and months and years to come -- requires different qualities. It requires that you turn hard, turn rigid. Because it isn't a choice that the world encourages, you have to wear a suit of armor to defend it.

  

  Brian Morton
  • Freedom
  • Spirit
  • Rebelliousness

• We love against the night, burning like stars against the darkness of bread and circuses.

  

  David Paul
  • Darkness
  • Against
  • Burning