“There is no doubt that truth is to falsehood as light is to darkness; and so excellent a thing is truth that even when it touches humble and lowly matters, it still incomparably exceeds the uncertainty and falsehood in which great and elevated discourses are clothed; because even if falsehood be the fifth element of our minds, notwithstanding this, truth is the supreme nourishment of the higher intellects.” IfsMindStillsMatterLightTruthDarknessDoubtHigherTruth IsElementsHumbleIntellectSupremeUncertaintyExcellentNo DoubtFalsehoodDiscourseFifthExceedNourishmentFifth Element Book:Thoughts on art and life Source: Thoughts on art and life
“If we would find God amid all the religious externals we must first determine to find Him, and then proceed in the way of simplicity. Now as always God discovers Himself to "babes" and hides Himself in thick darkness from the wise and the prudent. We must simplify our approach to Him. We must strip down to essentials (and they will be found to be blessedly few). We must put away all effort to impress, and come with the guileless candor of childhood. If we do this, without doubt God will quickly respond.” IfsWayFirstsFoundReligiousEffortDarknessDoubtWiseChildhoodEssentialsApproachSimplicityDetermineGods WillThickImpressSimplifyBabePrudentCandor Author:Aiden Wilson Tozer
“Darkness is the absence of light. Happiness is the absence of pain. Anger is the absence of joy. Jealousy is the absence of confidence. Love is the absence of doubt. Hate is the absence of peace. Fear is the absence of faith. Life is the absence of death.” LightPainLife IsJoyHateLove IsDarknessDoubtAbsenceConfidence Love Author:Jess Bowen
“Darkness is a lower energy than light, and when you bring light to the presence of darkness you don't have to warn it, you don't have to tell it that it has to get away. It can't survive. Light dissolves darkness. And so does love dissolve hate and so does joy dissolve sadness and so does faith dissolve doubt and so on.” DoeLightJoyHateEnergyDarknessDoubtSadnessGet Away Author:Wayne Dyer
“Knowledge does away with darkness, suspense, and doubt; for these cannot exist where knowledge is . . . In knowledge there is power.” DoeDarknessDoubtSuspenseKnowledge Is Power Author:Joseph Smith, Jr.
“The character of the faith that allows us to be transformed by suffering and darkness is not doubt-free certainty; rather, it is tenacious obedience.” CharacterSufferingDarknessDoubtCertaintyObedienceTransformedTenacious Book:The Life You've Always Wanted: Spiritual Disciplines for Ordinary People Source: The Life You've Always Wanted: Spiritual Disciplines for Ordinary People