“What a type of happy family is the family of the Sun! With what order, with what harmony, with what blessed peace, do his children the planets move around him, shining with light which they drink in from their parent's in at once upon him and on one another!” ChildrenLightMovingOrderUniverseParentSunPlanetsTypeDrinkHarmonyBlessedShiningHappy Family Author:Augustus William Hare
“Light, when suddenly let in, dazzles and hurts and almost blinds us: but this soon passes away, and it seems to become the only element we can exist in.” LightSeemsHurtElementsPassing AwayDazzle Book:Guesses at Truth Source: Guesses at Truth
“Few minds are sunlike, sources of light in themselves and to others: many more are moons that shine with a borrowed radiance. One may easily distinguish the two: the former are always full; the latter only now and then, when their suns are shining full upon them.” MindMayTwoLightSunSourceMoonShiningFormerLatterNow And ThenBorrowedRadiance Book:Guesses at Truth Source: Guesses at Truth
“Leaves are light, and useless, and idle, and wavering, and changeable; they even dance; and yet God in his wisdom has made them a part of oaks. And in so doing he has given us a lesson, not to deny the stout-heartedness within because we see the lightsomeness without.” MadeLightGivenWiseWise WordsLessonsDenyUselessIdleOaksStoutWavering Author:Augustus William Hare