“Most people go, I wish for world peace. But chaos has a place in balancing out the light and the dark in the world. I don't know if I would wish for world peace.” PeopleIfsKnowsWorldLightWishDarkChaos Author:Brendan Fraser
“Which I wish to remark-- And my language is plain,-- That for ways that are dark And for tricks that are vain, The heathen Chinee is peculiar.” WayLanguageWishDarkTricksVainDeceitPeculiarRemarksHeathen Author:Bret Harte
“I believe that dreams transport us through the underside of our days, and that if we wish to become acquainted with the dark side of what we are, the signposts are there, waiting for us to translate them.” IfsBelieveDreamI BelieveWishWaitingSidesDarkTranslateTransportDark SideSignposts Author:Gail Godwin
“September 11 definitely opened our eyes, but when I was 19 or whatever on the last record, we just didn't care about anything. We were too young to care about anything. And then as you get older, you don't really have any excuse to be stupid anymore, to be in the dark. That just kind of opened everyone's eyes (which I probably wish it did to more people) that there's obviously something wrong, to try and figure out what it is and what's going on in the world.” PeopleWorldTryingKindEyeCareLastsYoungWishDarkRecordsStupidFiguresExcuseSeptemberSeptember 11 Author:Deryck Whibley
“There's a dark side to each and every human soul. We wish we were Obi-Wan Kenobi, and for the most part we are, but there's a little Darth Vader in all of us. Thing is, this ain't no either or proposition. We're talking about dialectics, the good and the bad merging into us. You can run but you can't hide. My experience? Face the darkness, stare it down. Own it. As brother Nietzsche said, being human is a complicated gig. Give that old dark night of the soul a hug! Howl the eternal yes!” GivingHumansLittlesSaidSoulRunningFacesNightWishSidesDarkTalkingDarknessBrotherEternalComplicatedStaringHugBeing HumanPropositionsExposureHuman SoulGigsDark SideHowlDark NightDialecticsEither OrMergingDark Night Of The SoulVaderObi Wan Kenobi Author:Stuart Stevens
“I have likewise made many 'skies' and effects - for I wish it could be said of me as Fuselli says of Rembrandt, 'he followed nature in her calmest abodes and could pluck a flower on every hedge - yet he was born to cast a steadfast eye on the bolder phenomena of nature'... We have had noble clouds & effects of light & dark & color.” MadeSaidLightEyeWishBornDarkSkyEffectsColorFlowerCloudsCastsNobleSteadfastPluckAbodeLight DarkDark Colors Book:John Constable's Correspondence Source: John Constable's Correspondence
“How thick the fog is. I can't see the road. All the people in the world could pass by and I would never know. I wish it was always that way. It's getting dark already. It will soon be night, thank goodness.” PeopleKnowsWorldWayI CanNightWishDarkGoodnessThickFog Book:Complete Plays: 1932-1943 Source: Complete Plays: 1932-1943
“Does not Eternity appear dreadful to you. I often get to thinking of it and it seems so dark to me that I almost wish there was no Eternity. To think that we must forever live and never cease to be. It seems as if Death would be a relief to so endless a state of existence.” IfsThinkingDoeStatesSeemsWould BeWishDarkExistenceForeverAtheismEternityPositive AtheismEndlessCeaseRelief Author:Emily Dickinson
“St John of the Cross told us that if a man wishes to be sure of the road he treads on, he must close his eyes and walk in the dark. I interpret that as a direction for us to trust in the guidance we receive from our invisible self.” IfsMenSelfEyeWishDarkWalksTrustCrossesInvisibleGuidanceHis EyesSelf TrustSt John Of The Cross Author:Wayne Dyer
“I love my sons and I love that they are writers - I also love my daughter, who's a minister and an orchard keeper! - but I wouldn't wish the burden of Mid-World and the Dark Tower on them. I enjoy working with them, though, because we fit together.” WorldTogetherWishEnjoyDarkSonFitDaughterBurdenMinistersMy DaughterMy SonTowersKeepersOrchardDark TowerLove My DaughterLove My SonI Love My Son Author:Stephen King
“Hope is the enduring belief in the attainability of fervent wishes, in spite of the dark urges and rages which mark the beginning of existence. Hope is the ontogenetic basis of faith, and is nourished by the adult faith which pervades patterns of care.” CareBeliefWishDarkExistenceAdultsBasesMarkEndurePatternsRageSpiteUrgesFervent Book:Insight and Responsibility Source: Insight and Responsibility