Dinah Maria Mulock Quotes

Ay, on the shores of darkness there is a light, and precipices show untrodden green; there is a budding morrow in midnight; there is triple sight in blindness keen.

Nothing makes one feel so strong as a call for help.

The mythic journey is always about selflessness.

The hero is one who kindles a great light in the world, who sets up blazing torches in the dark streets of life for men to see by.

The way my father worked altruistically and the manner in which he used to go behind bars and come back home smilingly was inspirational.

Never are we nearer the Light than when the darkness is deepest.

How do you plan a rebirth? I'm not sure you do. You just stand in the darkness until you can't endure it any long, and then you move forward until you're standing in the light.

I believe in rainbows and all of that. But there are darker colors … and it's the shade that defines the light.

When life descends into the pit I must become my own candle Willingly burning my self To light up the darkness around me.

I have been to hell and back, and let me tell you, it was wonderful.

In every winter's heart there is a quivering spring, and behind the veil of each night there is a shining dawn.

I will rise from the darkness, shining like the morning star. Illuminated woman am I.

In The Tale of Despereaux, there is a lot of darkness, a lot of despair. There's also a lot of light, redemption, hope. There's forgiveness, there's friendship, there's love. But the world in all of its potential craziness is also there.

Once there was a darkness, a deep and endless night, you gave me everything you had and oh, you gave me light

I'm a praying atheist. When I hear an ambulance siren, I ask for a blessing for those people in trouble, knowing that no one's listening. I think it's just a habit of mindfulness.

When we quit thinking primarily about ourselves and our own self-preservation, we undergo a truly heroic transformation of consciousness.

When one takes action for others, one's own suffering is transformed into the energy that can keep one moving forward; a light of hope illuminating a new tomorrow for oneself and others is kindled.

So the darkness shall be the light, and the stillness the dancing.

And if the great fear had not come upon me, as it did, and forced me to do my duty, I might have been less good to the people than some man who had never dreamed at all, even with the memory of so great a vision in me.

If it awakens in us as a whole how important that is - the theme of how conquest and ambition are meaningless without contribution - I think then as a society we're in better shape. I hope people are inspired to be the best.

It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.

Bad things do happen in the world, like war, natural disasters, disease. But out of those situations always arise stories of ordinary people doing extraordinary things.

Heroes represent the best of ourselves, respecting that we are human beings. A hero can be anyone from Gandhi to your classroom teacher, anyone who can show courage when faced with a problem. A hero is someone who is willing to help others in his or her best capacity.

Selfishness is one of the qualities apt to inspire love.

The noblest of all dogs is the hot-dog; it feeds the hand that bites it.