Quotes

“It is better to light one candle than to curse the darkness.”
—Adage

“We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark, the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light…” —Plato

“Science…has opened our eyes to the vastness of the universe and given us light, truth and freedom from fear where once there was darkness, ignorance and superstition.” —Luther Burbank

“Religion is a candle inside a multicoloured lantern. Everyone looks through a particular colour, but the candle is always there.”
—Mohammed Neguib

“In dark ages people are best guided by religion, as in pitch-black night a blind man is the best guide; he knows the roads and paths better than a man who can see. When daylight comes, however, it is foolish to use blind, old men as guides.”
—Heinrich Heine, Gedanken und Einfalle, Volume 10

“Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.” —The Buddha

Definitions

max [noun]

Maximum: the maximum limit or amount of something (informal)

lambert [noun]

Unit of surface brightness: an SI unit of suface brightness (luminance) equivalent to one lumen per square centimeter