Light Within Quotes

“You are not what you are;
You are darkness
Looking for light within.”
― Dejan Stojanovic, Circling: 1978-1987

“You cannot defeat darkness by running from it, nor can you conquer your inner demons by hiding them from the world. In order to defeat the darkness, you must bring it into the light.”
― Seth Adam Smith, Rip Van Winkle and the Pumpkin Lantern

“Let the light shine bright,
dim it not to suit the prisoners!
Does the sun come with a dimmer,
because its radiance dimwits cannot bear!”
― Abhijit Naskar, Divane Dynamite: Only truth in the cosmos is love

“Birds never know if the sun will rise,
yet they sing everyday right before dawn.
And sure enough the sun emerges,
defeating the most ominous mourn.

Be the herald of impossible light,
even amidst the worries of souls most weary.
The darkness of the world may not be your fault,
to light up the world is your existential duty.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Yarasistan: My Wounds, My Crown

“In a world where you can be anything, I strongly believe that being kind is one of the most valuable traits one can possess. In a world where we are constantly bombarded with negativity, being kind is like a beacon of light in the darkness. It helps us feel at home in an otherwise cold and hostile world.”
― An Marke

“The light in me is the light in thee!”
― Abhijit Naskar, The Humanitarian Dictator

“To know light is to be restless, to know life is to be breathless.”
― Abhijit Naskar, The God Sonnets: Naskar Art of Theology

“To know life is to be restless with light.”
― Abhijit Naskar, The God Sonnets: Naskar Art of Theology

“Vagabond Light (The Sonnet)

When the tide of realization comes,
Theories and concepts cause but decay.
In the kingdom of absolute oneness,
Stoneage constructs wither and fade away.
What am I gonna do with theories!
I'm no intellectual obligated to be a smartass.
I am but a fakir, a vagabond who knows nothing.
So I submit myself at the mercy of the lovers.
I'm tired of trying to be important to the shallow,
I'm tired of trying to make sense to the senseless.
Adjusting to prehistoric habits of a dualistic world,
The mind loses touch with its magical magnificence.
Let the light shine bright,
dim it not to suit the prisoners!
Does the sun come with a dimmer,
because its radiance dimwits cannot bear!”
― Abhijit Naskar, Divane Dynamite: Only truth in the cosmos is love

“Birds never know if the sun will rise,
yet they sing everyday right before dawn.
And sure enough the sun emerges,
defeating the most ominous mourn.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Yarasistan: My Wounds, My Crown

“Get to know the animal within,
World will know the human outside.
Resist no more the darkness within,
World will wake up to a dawn divine.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Visvavictor: Kanima Akiyor Kainat

“Consciousness contains the cosmos. Once you feel this in your heart, all the answers, all the solutions, all the light will boldly pour out of your nerves and veins like monsoon rain.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Insan Himalayanoğlu: It's Time to Defect

“Truth isn't a measure of knowledge,
Truth is the measure of correction.
Light isn't a measure of illumination,
Light is the measure of intention.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Insan Himalayanoğlu: It's Time to Defect

“Light isn't a measure of illumination,
Light is the measure of intention.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Insan Himalayanoğlu: It's Time to Defect

“World's light comes from your light,
It comes from the sacrifice of the few.
If these few ever became selfish,
Whole world would drown in dwindling dew.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Visvavatan: 100 Demilitarization Sonnets

“Burn my friend, burn,
Burn so bright that
the sun gets fried!
Shine my friend, shine,
Shine so bright that
Rudolf goes blind!

Smile my friend, smile,
Smile so pure that
flowers shy away.
Love my friend, love,
Love so drunk that
Rumi himself lays the way.

Fly my friend, fly,
Fly so fearless that
Tagore himself honors you.
Live my friend, live,
Live so unchained that
time makes gospel of you.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Dervis Vadisi: 100 Promissory Sonnets

“Burn my friend, burn,
Burn so bright that
the sun gets fried!”
― Abhijit Naskar, Dervis Vadisi: 100 Promissory Sonnets

“Burn so bright that the sun gets fried!”
― Abhijit Naskar, Dervis Vadisi: 100 Promissory Sonnets

“Life is an instrument of light.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Iman Insaniyat, Mazhab Muhabbat: Pani, Agua, Water, It's All One

“Know your roots, know your nature,
Step out of your tribal stretcher.
You got a mind full of atomic light,
Where did you lose your himalayan vigor!”
― Abhijit Naskar, Tum Dunya Tek Millet: Greatest Country on Earth is Earth

“Light is but suffering harnessed,
Genius is brokenness harnessed.”
― Abhijit Naskar, The Divine Refugee

“Firefly Sonnet

Firefly, oh firefly,
why do you gleam so!
Who do you try to impress,
who is the object of your glow!

Oh, ye of little sight,
said the gentle little beacon!
Creatures with light eternal,
don't shine to stir public opinion.

I gleam, 'cause that's my life,
I know no other way of existence.
Puny apes gotta find an agenda,
for most are anemic of effulgence.

And you have the gall to call us bugs,
while your mind is stuck in gutter!
My fire bears proof of existence,
you carry yours as cheap souvenir.


(Note: as a biologist I must mention, this is a purely poetic piece, not to be analyzed with science, for evolutionarily speaking, glowworms use their glow to warn away predators, and attract mate.)”
― Abhijit Naskar, Brit Actually: Nursery Rhymes of Reparations

“I gleam, 'cause that's my life,
I know no other way of existence.
Puny apes gotta find an agenda,
for most are anemic of effulgence.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Brit Actually: Nursery Rhymes of Reparations

“Creatures with light eternal, don't shine to stir public opinion.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Brit Actually: Nursery Rhymes of Reparations

“When solar radiation strikes ionosphere, earth produces the northern lights. When suffering strikes psychosphere, mind produces heart light.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Little Planet on The Prairie: Dunya Benim, Sorumluluk Benim

“Everyone's story holds a secret scar, scars are sacred, for they hold light.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Azad Earth Army: When The World Cries Blood

“Birds never know if the sun will rise, yet they sing everyday right before dawn.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Yarasistan: My Wounds, My Crown

“The pen is sharpened by the stars. It is not yours.”
― Julia Sarno, The Undiscovered Manuscript: The Red Book Decoded

“There are people who enter a place,
and suddenly, it lights up.
It's not about their beautiful smiles,
but as if the sun itself lives in them,
radiating and making you feel happy in their company.
And the most fascinating thing about them
is that you don't need to take anything from them. It's just sun.
Their inner light guides their path,
giving them strength & support to move forward.
They often look fragile,
as if the harsh wind could blow them off,
like a candle.
But if they were to perish,
the world would drown in darkness.
It would suddenly awake from a sweet dream filled with beauty,
only to find itself facing a harsh, unsightly reality.
They are the people of the sun,
with their unshakeable core
and unconquerable spirit,
guided by their inner covenant and principles
that shape them.
They walk through life as if they know
that no harm can truly befall them,
because their existence itself a necessity.
They seem to belong to the eternal, primordial lineage of souls
that withstood the test since time immemorial.
They were, and they will remain so that
the world may never awaken into
eternal darkness.”
― original thought of Par Lagerkvist, elaborated by Julia Sarno

“Go beyond and above the capacity of your body.
When your voice fails you,
when your muscles refuse to listen to you,
and when you no longer have the strengths left in your body -
keep carry on, darling.
When your body fails you -
your character and will switch on.
From this moment you transcend
beyond and over your body.
This is when your spirit, your beautiful soul expands,
and you become unstoppable.”
― Julia Sarno