How to light my way of inspiration? Find a sprinkling of light, candles, stars, and the sun. Let in the real and figurative light.

“For in and out, above, about, below,
‘Tis nothing but a magic shadow-show,
Play’d in a box whose candle is the sun,
Round which we phantom figures come and go.”
~~Omar Khayyam

“All the wilderness seems to be full of tricks and plans
to drive and draw us up into God’s light.”
~~John Muir

“It is one light which beams out of a thousand stars.
It is one soul which animates all men.”
~~Ralph Waldo Emerson

“A man’s maturity consists in having found again
the seriousness one had as a child, at play.”
~~Friedrich Nietzche

“Sexual interaction is patient, sensuous, and mesmerizing.
But, so to is the cobra, and both can be just as deadly.”
~~ME

“As far as we can discern,
the sole purpose for human existence
is to kindle a light in the darkness of mere being.”
~~Carl G. Jung

“Why should we not pray to our mother who art in heaven,
as well as our father.”
~~Susan B. Anthony

“Sublime is the moment
when the world is at peace
and the limitless deep
lies bathed in the morning sun.”
~~Hirohito

“How many candles are on your birthday cake?
Blow them out and make a wish.
If the candles didn’t burn too long, keep them.
Hopefully, you’ll need them, and one more, next year.”
~~ME

“The soul of man is a flame,
a bird of fire that leaps from bough to bough,
from head to head, and shouts:
‘I cannot stand still,
I cannot be consumed,
no one can quench me!'”
~~Nikos Kazantzakis

“The soul is the fire that darts its rays through all the senses;
all the observations and all the efforts of the philosophers ought to turn toward this,
the center and the moving power of our sentiments and our ideas.”
~~Germaine de Stael

In this moment see clearly, and feel a warmth in your heart and soul.