"Our deepest fear is not that we're inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our LIGHT (emphasis mine), not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, "Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?" Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small doesn't serve the world. There's nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We were born to manifest the glory of God that's within us. It is not just in some of us. It's in everyone. And as we let our LIGHT SHINE (emphasis mine) we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.

This wonderful LIGHT-oriented quote can also be seen on the following website:

http://whispy.com/lightwork.htm
under
What Is Light?"

Children Learn What They Live

If a child lives with criticism, she learns to condemn.
If a child lives with hostility, he learns to fight.
If a child lives with ridicule, she learns to be shy.
If a child lives with shame, he learns to feel guilty.
If a child lives with tolerance, she learns to be patient.
If a child lives with encouragement, he learns confidence.
If a child lives with praise, she learns to appreciate.
If a child lives with fairness, he learns justice.
If a child lives with security, she learns to have faith.
If a child lives with approval, he learns to like himself.
If a child lives with acceptance and friendship, she learns to find Love in
the world.

-- Dorothy Law Nolte --

”Authentic religion does not want obedient people It wants authentic people, people of integrity … Living with integrity means finding out who you are and being that person all the time(emphasis mine).”

”I have known people of integrity, and the impression they leave is memorable. There is a quiet confidence to them: a sense of tranquility that comes at the end of the process of figuring out who you are and what you stand for.”

-- Harold Kushner --

"...darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that ..."
-- Martin Luther King, Jr., Strength To Love, 1963 --