--- title: "10 Darkness Think Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 10 Darkness Think quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Darkness Think sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e97/dorothy-thompson-17557_darkness_fear-grows-in-darkness-if-you-think-ther_805634.jpg" --- > [“Fear grows in darkness; if you think there's a bogeyman around, turn on the light.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-thompson/fear-grows-in-darkness-if-you-think-there-s-a-bogeyman-around-turn-on/) [DOROTHY THOMPSON](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-thompson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e97/dorothy-thompson-17557_darkness_fear-grows-in-darkness-if-you-think-ther_805634.jpg) > [Negative thoughts lead us to the darkness. Think optimistically.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ritu-ghatourey/negative-thoughts-lead-us-to-the-darkness-think-optimistically/) [Ritu Ghatourey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ritu-ghatourey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/73f/ritu-ghatourey-5_being-positive_negative-thoughts-lead-us-to-the-darknes_407877.jpg) > [“Silences seem longer in darkness. I think it's because it's harder to lie when the lights are off. There's a rawness that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katie-mcgarry/silences-seem-longer-in-darkness-i-think-it-s-because-it-s-harder-to/) [Katie McGarry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katie-mcgarry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/38c/katie-mcgarry-456_darkness_silences-seem-longer-in-darkness-i-think_504163.jpg) > [One must not be negligent in learning. In the Lun Yu it says: "To study and not to think is darkness. To…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/takeda-nobushige/one-must-not-be-negligent-in-learning-in-the-lun-yu-it-says-to-study/) [Takeda Nobushige](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/takeda-nobushige/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f8f/takeda-nobushige-43532_dangerous_one-must-not-be-negligent-in-learning-in_507239.png) > [Whatever happenes in the darkness that you think no one has seen Well my friend God has seen everything you have don…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diana-ansah/whatever-happenes-in-the-darkness-that-you-think-no-one-has-seen-well/) [Diana Ansah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diana-ansah/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e75/diana-ansah-64228_darkness_whatever-happenes-in-the-darkness-that-y_2198679.jpg) > [Besides, do you think you would have come if I’d just popped into your tattoo shop one night around closing and said,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-kadrey/besides-do-you-think-you-would-have-come-if-i-d-just-popped-into-your/) [Richard Kadrey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-kadrey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0bc/richard-kadrey-3619_closing_besides-do-you-think-you-would-have-come_752726.jpg) > [“And this evening when I close my eyes against the darkness and think about her, I'll imagine iridescent wings fluttering, if only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-stephan/and-this-evening-when-i-close-my-eyes-against-the-darkness-and-think/) [Nancy Stephan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nancy-stephan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/51a/nancy-stephan-48375_death_and-this-evening-when-i-close-my-eyes-ag_2072847.jpg) > [There is nothing to fear except the persistent refusal to find out the truth, the persistent refusal to analyze the causes of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-thompson/there-is-nothing-to-fear-except-the-persistent-refusal-to-find-out/) [Dorothy Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-thompson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/640/dorothy-thompson-17557_anticipation_there-is-nothing-to-fear-except-the-pers_1402546.jpg) > [Think of being curled up and floating in a darkness. Even if you could think, even if you had an imagination, would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/denis-johnson/think-of-being-curled-up-and-floating-in-a-darkness-even-if-you-could/) [Denis Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/denis-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a5b/denis-johnson-2135_asian_think-of-being-curled-up-and-floating-in_554331.png) > [It is often said that in today's modern and postmodern world that the forces of darkness are upon us. But I think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-wilber/it-is-often-said-that-in-today-s-modern-and-postmodern-world-that-the/) [Ken Wilber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-wilber/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/00c/ken-wilber-1886_beautiful_it-is-often-said-that-in-today-s-modern_2966608.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/darkness-think/#itemlist", "name": "Darkness Think Quotes", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Fear grows in darkness; if you think there's a bogeyman around, turn on the light.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "DOROTHY THOMPSON" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-thompson/fear-grows-in-darkness-if-you-think-there-s-a-bogeyman-around-turn-on/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e97/dorothy-thompson-17557_darkness_fear-grows-in-darkness-if-you-think-ther_805634.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e97/dorothy-thompson-17557_darkness_fear-grows-in-darkness-if-you-think-ther_805634.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e97/dorothy-thompson-17557_darkness_fear-grows-in-darkness-if-you-think-ther_805634.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Fear grows in darkness; if you think there's a bogeyman around, turn on the light.” — DOROTHY THOMPSON", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Negative thoughts lead us to the darkness. 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