Sunshine is a welcome thing. It brings a lot of brightness.

“For a dark street, sunshine is most welcome; for a wounded soul, love is most welcome!”

— Mehmet Murat ildan

It is no secret that the moon has no light of her own, but is, as it were, a mirror, receiving brightness from the…

— Marcus Vitruvius Pollio

What a view, i said again. The river was blank and mindless with beauty. It was the most glorious thing I have ever seen.…

— James Dickey

Writing is to descend like a miner to the depths of the mine with a lamp on your forehead, a light whose dubious brightness…

— Blaise Cendrars

Squeeze your eyes closed, as tight as you can, and think of all your favorite autumns, crisp and perfect, all bound up together like…

— Catherynne M. Valente

More than anything, one is struck by the light. Light everywhere. Brightness everywhere. Everywhere, the sun.

— Ryszard Kapuscinski

His form had yet not lost All her original brightness, nor appear'd Less than archangel ruin'd, and th' excess Of glory obscur'd.

— John Milton

For pain is perhaps but a violent pleasure? Who could determine the point where pleasure becomes pain, where pain is still a pleasure? Is…

— Honore de Balzac

Without good humour, learning and bravery can only confer that superiority which swells the heart of the lion in the desert, where he roars…

— Samuel Johnson

A joyful life isn’t about others; it’s about the brightness that is associated with being alive. Your path to it is through anything that…

— Martha Beck

But woe to him, who left to moan, Reviews the hours of brightness gone.

— Euripides

Daily simple, sincere, and mighty prayers lift our lives to a higher spiritual altitude. In our prayers we praise God, give thanks to Him,…

— Dieter F. Uchtdorf

The studious silence of the library ... Thought is the thought of thought. Tranquil brightness.

— James Joyce

Only an empowered personality can distribute the holy name of the Lord and enjoin all fallen souls to worship Krishna. By distributing the holy…

— Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati

God's glory is the created brightness that surrounds God’s revelation of himself.

— Wayne Grudem