“A sudden light transfigures a trivial thing, a weather-vane, a wind-mill, a winnowing flail, the dust in the barn door; a moment, –and the thing has vanished, because it was pure effect; but it leaves a relish behind it, a longing that the accident may happen again.” – Walter Pater
“Now the light is sweet, and pleasant to the eyes to see the sun.” –Ecclesiastes 11:7
“Light is the first of painters. There is no object so foul that intense light will make it beautiful.” –Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Esther” by Yoram Raanan
“I was blinded by the intense light and had to be led by the hand to Damascus by my companions. A man named Ananias lived there. He was a godly man, deeply devoted to the law, and well regarded by all the Jews of Damascus. He came and stood beside me and said, ‘Brother Saul, regain your sight.’ And that very moment I could see him!
“Then he told me, ‘The God of our ancestors has chosen you to know his will and to see the Righteous One and hear him speak. For you are to be his witness, telling everyone what you have seen and heard. What are you waiting for? Get up and be baptized. Have your sins washed away by calling on the name of the Lord.’” –Acts 22:11-16
“As a child I received instruction both in the Bible and in the Talmud. I am a Jew, but I am enthralled by the luminous figure of the Nazarene.” –Albert Einstein
“Golden Desert” by Yoram Raanan
“I am the light of the world; he who follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.” –Jesus, the luminous Nazarene (John 8:12)
An age is called “dark,” not because the light fails to shine but because people refuse to see it. ~James Michener
“Tower of Babel” by Yoram Raanan (Genesis 11)
“And the judgment is based on this fact: God’s light came into the world, but people loved the darkness more than the light, for their actions were evil. All who do evil hate the light and refuse to go near it for fear their sins will be exposed. But those who do what is right come to the light so others can see that they are doing what God wants” –John 3:19-20.
“From within or from behind, a light shines through us upon things, and makes us aware that we are nothing, but the light is all.” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Menorah–Purple with Stripes” by Yoram Raanan
”When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life” –John 8:12
“Who is more foolish, the child afraid of the dark or the man afraid of the light?” –Maurice Freehill
“Celestial Tent” by Yoram Raanan
“If you want to shine like Him, you must fall on Him” –Isaac Rudolph.
”The sun shines and warms and lights us and we have no curiosity to know why this is so; and we ask the reason of all evil, of pain, and hunger, and mosquitoes, and silly people.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Day I” by Yoram Raanan
“In the beginning God created heaven and earth. The earth was without form and empty, with darkness on the face of the depths, but God’s spirit moved on the water’s surface. God said, ‘There shall be light, ‘ and light came into existence. God saw that the light was good, and God divided between the light and the darkness” –Genesis 1:1-2.
