God is life itself;
light, wisdom, goodness, and eternal blessedness.

 
St. Anselm, 11th century

Actions speak louder than words;
let your words teach and your actions speak.

 
St. Anthony of Padua, 13th century

Holy Church, insomuch as she keeps searching
for the rewards of eternal life, has been called the dawn.
While she turns her back on the darkness of sins,
she begins to shine with the light of righteousness.

 
St. Gregory the Great, 6th century

The Sun of Justice calls his disciples the light of the world.
The reason for this is that through them,
as through shining rays, he has poured out
the light of the knowledge of himself
upon the entire world.

 
St. John Chromatius, 4th century

Jesus, stay with me and be so in me
that all my life may only be
a radiance of yours.

 
Ven. John Henry Newman, 19th century

The brilliant lamp
which was lit for the sake of our salvation
should always shine in us.

 
St. John Chromatius, 4th century

Christ is the fountain of light and spiritual illumination;
for from him come wisdom, life, and eternal light.

 
St. Columban, 6h century

Prayer fills souls with light, strength, and consolation.

 
St. Rose of Viterbo, 13th century