It is dangerous for mortal beauty, or terrestrial virtue, to be examined by too strong a light. The torch of Truth shows much that we cannot, and all that we would not, see.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
It is the nature of truth to struggle to the light.
Very simply, our physical and spiritual safety lies in never even getting close to the line that separates light from dark, good from evil.
Light is a powerful substance. We have a primal connection to it. But, for something so powerful, situations for its felt presence are fragile.
In faith there is enough light for those who want to believe and enough shadows to blind those who don't.
Unless people can be kept in the dark, it is best for those who love the truth to give them the full light.
To attempt seeing Truth without knowing Falsehood. It is the attempt to see the Light without knowing the Darkness. It cannot be.
It is astonishing what force, purity, and wisdom it requires for a human being to keep clear of falsehoods.
Direct observation of the luminous essence of nature is for me indispensable.
To me, life, for all its privations, is a luminous thing. You have to risk it.
Light is the symbol of truth.