Quotes: Wendell Berry

"To know the dark, go dark. Go without sight, and find that the dark, too, blooms and sings."

–– Wendell Berry (b. 1934), American author, farmer, and activist 

via: Commonplace Book 2013-2014, 2014, p. 128.

Quotes: Harriet Rubin

"Ask yourself, when you are afraid or on the verge of a breakthrough: When does a candle shine the brightest? The answer is always in the dark."   

–– Harriet Rubin (b. 1952), American writer

Source: Harriet Rubin. The Princessa. 

via: Commonplace Book 1999-2001, 2002.

Quotes: Ralph Waldo Emerson

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

–– Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882), American philosopher and writer 

via Sketchbook 14, 2011, p. 48