Tove Jansson Quotes

A lot of what is most beautiful about the world arises from struggle.

'Southcliffe' is an anthem to ordinary people's ability to reinvent themselves in the face of ultimate darkness.

When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.

There's no night without stars.

When it gets dark enough you can see the stars.

I think there can always be beauty in struggle.

However dark our lot may be, there is light enough on the other side of the cloud.

The dark today leads into light tomorrow. There is no endless joy, and yet no endless sorrow.

Man's life seems to me like a long, weary night that would be intolerable if there were not occasionally flashes of light, the sudden brightness of which is so comforting and wonderful, that the moments of their appearance cancel out and justify the years of darkness.

Maybe you have to know the darkness before you can appreciate the light.

Adversity is like the period of the rain. . . cold, comfortless, unfriendly to people and to animals; yet from that season have their birth the flower, the fruit, the date, the rose and the pomegranate.

Even if you've never experienced the wonderful things in life, only after something has been contaminated and marred will it become a beautiful thing. Pain can be healed with gentle care, darkness can be removed with sunlight. Don't underestimate the small things. Everything is significant.

I do not believe this darkness will endure.

The deepest dark reveals the starriest hope.

At the darkest moment comes the light.

Love shows itself more in adversity than in prosperity; as light does, which shines most where the place is darkest.

There had to be dark and muddy waters so that the sun could have something to background it's flashing glory.

It's always darkness before the dawn.

We must pass through the darkness, to reach the light.

Our negative life situations are essential elements for us to fulfill our intended destiny. However, unless we possess the power of endurance to live through the dark of the night, we will not see the glory of daybreak.

There is light in darkness, you just have to find it.

Out of defeat can come the best in human nature. As Christians face storms of adversity, they may rise with more beauty. They are like trees that grow on mountain ridges -- battered by winds, yet trees in which we find the strongest wood.

It is always darkest before the dawn.

Sometimes when really terrible things happen, something beautiful emerges out of it.

If you try and kind of focus on hope, but you know what it's like to be in the dark, then hope is more meaningful.