"There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it."
― Edith Wharton
Topic(s):
Inspirational
― Edith Wharton
More From Edith Wharton
- "There are moments when a man’s imagination, so easily subdued to what it lives in, suddenly rises above its daily level and surveys the long windings of destiny."
- "Life is the only real counselor; wisdom unfiltered through personal experience does not become a part of the moral tissue."
- "If only we’d stop trying to be happy we’d have a pretty good time."
More In Inspirational
- "Show me your hands. Do they have scars from giving? Show me your feet. Are they wounded in service? Show me your heart. Have you left a place for divine love?"― Fulton J. Sheen
- "When deeds speak, words are nothing."― Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
- "It is not ignorance but knowledge which is the mother of wonder."― Joseph Wood Krutch