A Quote by Irving Greenberg
The proper response, as Hanukkah teaches, is not to curse the darkness but to light a candle.
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Once the concentration camps and the hell-holes of the world were in darkness. Now they are lit by the light of the Amnesty candle; the candle in barbed wire. When I first lit the Amnesty candle, I had in mind the old Chinese proverb: 'Better light a candle than curse the darkness.'
We are not here to curse the darkness, but to light the candle that can guide us thru that darkness to a safe and sane future.
We are not here to curse the darkness, but to light the candle that can guide us through that darkness to a safe and sane future.
In a time of darkness, you don't curse the darkness, you light a candle.
Don't curse the darkness, light a candle.
It is better to light a candle than curse the darkness.
You can curse the darkness or light a candle. The choice is yours.
It is better to light one small candle of gratitude than to curse the darkness.
When you’re sitting in a dark room, you can either sit and curse the darkness—or you can light a candle.
She was the kind of person who would rather light a candle than curse the darkness.
It isn't useful to curse the darkness; instead light your candle and let your light shine.
My heroes have always been the hardworking and unflappable. Those who light a candle rather than curse the darkness.
On Hanukkah, the first dark night,
Light yourself a candle bright.
I'll you, if you will me invite
To dance within that gentle light.
Is it eradicating evil? Or are we like children, left alone in the house at night, who light candle after candle to keep away the darkness. We don't see that the darkness has a purpose — though we may not understand it — and so, in our terror, we end up burning down the house!
I have not been part of an active counterculture movement, as it is not the approach that I have personally pursued to create a qualitatively beneficial and meaningful impact on society. Perhaps, my belief is along the old saying that 'it is always better to light one candle than to curse the darkness.'
Christmas is God lighting a candle; and you don't light a candle in a room that's already full of sunlight. You light a candle in a room that's so murky that the candle, when lit, reveals just how bad things really are.
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