"Light does not come from light, but from…" — Mircea Eliade

Light does not come from light, but from darkness. - Mircea Eliade

"Light does not come from light, but from darkness."

— Mircea Eliade

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22 Quotes by Mircea Eliade

Mircea Eliade has 22 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Man becomes aware of the Sacred because it manifests itself, shows itself, as something wholly different from the Profane ...…
It would be frightening to think that in all the Cosmos, which is so harmonious, so complete and equal to…
The great cosmic illusion is a hierophany.... One is devoured by Time, not because one lives in Time, but because…
The Experience of Sacred Space makes possible the founding of the world: where the sacred Manifests itself in space, the…
The crude product of nature, the object fashioned by the industry of man, acquire their reality, their identity, only to…
Psychoanalysis justifies its importance by asserting that it forces you to look to and accept reality. But what sort of…
To believe that I could, at twenty-three, sacrifice history and culture for the Absolute was further proof that I had…
It is not without fear and trembling that a historian of religion approaches the problem of myth. This is not…
For those to whom a stone reveals itself as sacred, its immediate reality is transmuted into supernatural reality. In other…
The way towards 'wisdom' or towards 'freedom' is the way towards your inner being. This is the simplest definition of…
In imitating the exemplary acts of a god or of a mythic hero, or simply by recounting their adventures, the…
The sacred tree, the sacred stone are not adored as stone or tree; they are worshipped precisely because they are…

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More Darkness Quotes

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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

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