--- title: "10 Darkness Mind Quotes by 10 authors" description: "Browse 10 Darkness Mind quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Darkness Mind sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/513/kentetsu-takamori-26125_happiness_life-has-a-definite-purpose-to-have-one_2939656.jpg" --- > [“Life has a definite purpose: to have one’s darkness of mind dispelled, and so achieve never-ending happiness.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kentetsu-takamori/life-has-a-definite-purpose-to-have-one-s-darkness-of-mind-dispelled/) [Kentetsu Takamori](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kentetsu-takamori/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/513/kentetsu-takamori-26125_happiness_life-has-a-definite-purpose-to-have-one_2939656.jpg) > [“If the world was black and white then darkness would have never mind , the night would have never cried and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muskan-bhatia/if-the-world-was-black-and-white-then-darkness-would-have-never-mind/) [muskan bhatia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muskan-bhatia/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/64d/muskan-bhatia-110785_black-and-white_if-the-world-was-black-and-white-then-da_1893002.jpg) > [“I tell him of damnation, but I doubt he fears anything but the darkness in his own mind.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/teresa-denys/i-tell-him-of-damnation-but-i-doubt-he-fears-anything-but-the/) [Teresa Denys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/teresa-denys/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c8/teresa-denys-37966_damnation_i-tell-him-of-damnation-but-i-doubt-he-f_2657837.jpg) > [“Words, hmm? They seduce us in darkness, and the mind clothes and fashions them to fashions of its own.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-waters/words-hmm-they-seduce-us-in-darkness-and-the-mind-clothes-and/) [Sarah Waters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-waters/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9af/sarah-waters-2758_darkness_words-hmm-they-seduce-us-in-darkness-and_2380526.png) > [In the presence of total Darkness, the mind finds it absolutely necessary to create light.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-asimov/in-the-presence-of-total-darkness-the-mind-finds-it-absolutely/) [Isaac Asimov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-asimov/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/573/isaac-asimov-309_darkness_in-the-presence-of-total-darkness-the-mi_2936487.jpg) > [“hunc igitur terrorem animi tenebrasque necessest non radii solis neque lucida tela diei discutiant, sed naturae species ratioque. (1.146ff.) Therefore it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucretius/hunc-igitur-terrorem-animi-tenebrasque-necessest-non-radii-solis/) [Lucretius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucretius/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/46f/lucretius-1632_sun_hunc-igitur-terrorem-animi-tenebrasque-n_1960291.png) > [“But I would have a darkness in my mind like the dark the dead calf makes for a time on the grass…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendell-berry/but-i-would-have-a-darkness-in-my-mind-like-the-dark-the-dead-calf/) [Wendell Berry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wendell-berry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d30/wendell-berry-236_calf_but-i-would-have-a-darkness-in-my-mind-l_740948.jpg) > [“Have you ever dreamt? At night, with your eyes closed?... Then you know that even with eyes closed, even in complete darkness,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/s-e-lindberg/have-you-ever-dreamt-at-night-with-your-eyes-closed-then-you-know/) [S.E. Lindberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/s-e-lindberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b5/s-e-lindberg-74604_darkness_have-you-ever-dreamt-at-night-with-your_792037.jpg) > [“The whole of life but labours in the dark. For just as children tremble and fear all In the viewless dark, so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/titus-lucretius-carus/the-whole-of-life-but-labours-in-the-dark-for-just-as-children/) [Titus Lucretius Carus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/titus-lucretius-carus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c5b/titus-lucretius-carus-30804_bc_the-whole-of-life-but-labours-in-the-dar_1972715.jpg) > [“Of all the mysteries, Darius,” the old man began. “Perhaps the greatest is Mind. For all the ignorance in the world, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/darius-jones/of-all-the-mysteries-darius-the-old-man-began-perhaps-the-greatest-is/) [Darius Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/darius-jones/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/88f/darius-jones-82034_old-man_of-all-the-mysteries-darius-the-old-man_1816265.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/darkness-mind/#itemlist", "name": "Darkness Mind Quotes", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Life has a definite purpose: to have one’s darkness of mind dispelled, and so achieve never-ending happiness.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kentetsu Takamori" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kentetsu-takamori/life-has-a-definite-purpose-to-have-one-s-darkness-of-mind-dispelled/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/513/kentetsu-takamori-26125_happiness_life-has-a-definite-purpose-to-have-one_2939656.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/513/kentetsu-takamori-26125_happiness_life-has-a-definite-purpose-to-have-one_2939656.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/513/kentetsu-takamori-26125_happiness_life-has-a-definite-purpose-to-have-one_2939656.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Life has a definite purpose: to have one’s darkness of mind dispelled, and so achieve never-ending happiness.” — Kentetsu Takamori", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“If the world was black and white then darkness would have never mind , the night would have never cried and the day would have never smiled ...”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "muskan bhatia" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muskan-bhatia/if-the-world-was-black-and-white-then-darkness-would-have-never-mind/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/64d/muskan-bhatia-110785_black-and-white_if-the-world-was-black-and-white-then-da_1893002.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/64d/muskan-bhatia-110785_black-and-white_if-the-world-was-black-and-white-then-da_1893002.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/64d/muskan-bhatia-110785_black-and-white_if-the-world-was-black-and-white-then-da_1893002.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If the world was black and white then darkness would have never mind , the night would have never cried and…” — muskan bhatia", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I tell him of damnation, but I doubt he fears anything but the darkness in his own mind.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Teresa Denys" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/teresa-denys/i-tell-him-of-damnation-but-i-doubt-he-fears-anything-but-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c8/teresa-denys-37966_damnation_i-tell-him-of-damnation-but-i-doubt-he-f_2657837.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c8/teresa-denys-37966_damnation_i-tell-him-of-damnation-but-i-doubt-he-f_2657837.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c8/teresa-denys-37966_damnation_i-tell-him-of-damnation-but-i-doubt-he-f_2657837.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I tell him of damnation, but I doubt he fears anything but the darkness in his own mind.” — Teresa Denys", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Words, hmm? 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