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title: "3 Nearer Light Quotes by 3 authors"
description: "Browse 3 Nearer Light quotes by 3 authors. Discover the best Nearer Light sayings and thoughts."
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> [The idiot, the Indian, the child and unschooled farmer's boy stand nearer to the light by which nature is to be read,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/the-idiot-the-indian-the-child-and-unschooled-farmer-s-boy-stand/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e4a/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_boys_the-idiot-the-indian-the-child-and-unsch_740187.png)

> [The nearer you take anything to the light, the darker its spots will appear; and the nearer you live to God, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-murray-m-cheyne/the-nearer-you-take-anything-to-the-light-the-darker-its-spots-will/)

[Robert Murray M'Cheyne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-murray-m-cheyne/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e15/robert-murray-m-cheyne-9824_christian_the-nearer-you-take-anything-to-the-ligh_2801002.png)

> [Never are we nearer the Light than when the darkness is deepest.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/never-are-we-nearer-the-light-than-when-the-darkness-is-deepest/)

[Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/017/swami-vivekananda-53_darkness_never-are-we-nearer-the-light-than-when_3216518.jpg)

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