Quotes about Brightness

He held in His right hand seven stars, and a sharp double-edged sword came from His mouth. His face was like the sun shining at its brightest.

Well now, if that ain't a ray of sunshine," one of the men declared.

A star that is determined to shine cannot be hidden, not even by darkness.

Earthly life is full of soporifics, anaesthetics, pain-dullers. In fact, compared with Purgatory our whole life on earth will appear to have been life only half awake. In Purgatory we will be fully awake, fully sensitive, and fully cognizant of the evil of all of our sins. Our clear knowledge of God's brightness and beauty will make our clear knowledge of our own darkness and ugliness more painful than any similar light that shows up our most terrible defects here on earth.

And since perfected souls will be incapable of envy, all will rejoice in their lesser level of brightness, because it will be exactly what God wills for the common good; and all will identify with that common good as the fulfillment of their individual good, rather than a rival to it, as we fools do now.

"The sun shall no longer be your light by day, nor for brightness shall the moon give light to you; but the LORD will be to you an everlasting light, and your God your glory".

God's promises are like the stars; the darker the night the brighter they shine.

Clouds, too, can give light if only the sun shines on them.

Consider first, that great or bright infers not excellence.

If you dont have any shadows you're not in the light

Look for the Sunlight through the Clouds.

One bright star is better than a thousand dull moons.