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title: "6 Possess Light Quotes by 5 authors"
description: "Browse 6 Possess Light quotes by 5 authors. Discover the best Possess Light sayings and thoughts."
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> [You are merely the lens in the beam. You can only receive, give, and possess the light as the lens does. If…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dag-hammarskj-ld/you-are-merely-the-lens-in-the-beam-you-can-only-receive-give-and/)

[Dag Hammarskjold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dag-hammarskj-ld/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/10e/dag-hammarskj-ld-2606_beam_you-are-merely-the-lens-in-the-beam-you_350043.png)

> [When you possess light within, you see it externally.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anais-nin/when-you-possess-light-within-you-see-it-externally/)

[Anais Nin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anais-nin/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d53/anais-nin-288_beauty_when-you-possess-light-within-you-see-it_477866.png)

> [“I want to feel both the beauty and the pain of the age we are living in. I want to survive my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-tempest-williams/i-want-to-feel-both-the-beauty-and-the-pain-of-the-age-we-are-living/)

[Terry Tempest Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-tempest-williams/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e5f/terry-tempest-williams-835_age_i-want-to-feel-both-the-beauty-and-the-p_1691214.png)

> [“Now, in a shift of light, the shadows of birds are more pronounced on the gallery’s white wall. The shadow of each…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-tempest-williams/now-in-a-shift-of-light-the-shadows-of-birds-are-more-pronounced-on/)

[Terry Tempest Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-tempest-williams/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/04a/terry-tempest-williams-835_astronomy_now-in-a-shift-of-light-the-shadows-of-b_2185681.png)

> [“The well bottom is like the bottom of the sea. Things down here stay very still, keeping their original forms, as if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/the-well-bottom-is-like-the-bottom-of-the-sea-things-down-here-stay/)

[Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eeb/haruki-murakami-21_day-to-day_the-well-bottom-is-like-the-bottom-of-th_2303159.jpg)

> [We all fail to appreciate each day just how much we already possess. Light, air, freedom, the companionship of friends.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sophie-kinsella/we-all-fail-to-appreciate-each-day-just-how-much-we-already-possess/)

[Sophie Kinsella](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sophie-kinsella/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b2/sophie-kinsella-719_air_we-all-fail-to-appreciate-each-day-just_2394289.png)

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