Strange but true ... when I read the quote for today's Carpe Diem Haiku Kai Special, I had a deja-vu reading this quote and thought I'd might have already written about this quote:
But it was this quote I'd remembered![...] "All the darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light of a single candle.” [...]
St. Francis of Assisi
Isn't it wonderful how candles were used each time to explain a spiritual reality ... and thousands of years apart. The post I wrote then was entitled: Inspired By Buddha.
[…] "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" […]Buddha (Siddhartha Gautama)
the light of a candle
is transferred to another candle—
spring twilight© Yosa Buson
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a winter's night
shadows flee from the walls
candle-light flickers
a tempest rages
warm glow of candle light
dispels the darkness
evening gloams
candle stands by the window
moth comes visiting
friends breaking bread
the guest offers new wine
by candle-light
© G.s.k. '14
