"How sweetly did they float upon the wings……" — John Milton
"How sweetly did they float upon the wings Of silence through the empty-vaulted night, At every fall smoothing the raven down Of darkness till it smiled!"
More Darkness Quotes
- Minority is about being an individual. It's like you have to sift through the darkness to find your place and… — Billie Joe Armstrong
- In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present. — Francis Bacon
- I really believe that all of us have a lot of darkness in our souls. Anger, rage, fear, sadness. I… — Kevin Bacon
- I think we all have a lot of darkness in our bellies. As an actor, the challenge of tapping into… — Kevin Bacon
- You can't study the darkness by flooding it with light. — Edward Abbey
- It is impious to say that evil has its origin from God, because naught contrary is produced by the contrary.… — Saint Basil
- Some of the greatest battles will be fought within the silent chambers of your own soul. — Ezra Taft Benson
- No durable things are built on violent passion. Nature grows her plants in silence and in darkness, and only when… — Annie Besant
- Education is the movement from darkness to light. — Allan Bloom
- Love is like the wild rose-briar; Friendship like the holly-tree. The holly is dark when the rose-briar blooms, but which… — Emily Bronte
- I'll speak for myself, but there's a lot of humor to be found in sarcasm and darkness. You talk to… — Nicolas Cage
- Creativity - like human life itself - begins in darkness. — Julia Cameron