{"quotes":[{"text":"Each time a person passes by you and you say 'hello', imagine that person turning into a candle. The more positivity, love and light you reflect, the more light is mirrored your way. Sharing beautiful hellos is the quickest way to earn spiritual brownie points. You should start seeing hellos as small declarations of faith. Every time you say hello to a stranger, your heart acknowledges over and over again that we are all family.","author":"Suzy Kassem","tags":["beautiful","beauty","brownie-point","candle","family","friendliness","friendly","friends","friendship","hate","heart","hello","hellos","human-family","illuminate","indifference","kind","kindness","light","love","loving-others","man","mankind","mirrored","mirroring","neighbor","peace","project","radiate","reflect","reflection","relationships","reward","shine","society","spiritual","spiritual-reward","stranger","truth","united","unity","world-peace"],"id":4563,"author_id":"Suzy+Kassem"},{"text":"We can allow ourselves to pass through the darkest valley without losing our light. One candle can lit millions of other candles, which are willing to receive the light.","author":"Raphael Zernoff","tags":["candle","light","lit","raphael-zernoff","self-awareness","self-empowerment","wisden"],"id":21660,"author_id":"Raphael+Zernoff"},{"text":"Wings can only flyas long as the bird flies Soul blackens when you put on vestment of lies White candle wax criesfor ignitable wickJealous people burnto make your heart feel sick.","author":"Munia Khan","tags":["bird","birds","black","candle","cries","envy","envy","fly","heart","ignite","jealous","jealousy","jealousy","lies","poem","poems","poetry","poetry","sick","soul","verse","vestments","wax","white","wick","wings","wisdom"],"id":25033,"author_id":"Munia+Khan"},{"text":"So that the record of history is absolutely crystal clear. That there is no alternative way, so far discovered, of improving the lot of the ordinary people that can hold a candle to the productive activities that are unleashed by a free enterprise system.","author":"Milton Friedman","tags":["candle","free","people "],"id":26947,"author_id":"Milton+Friedman"},{"text":"As one who would rather light a candle than curse the darkness.","author":"Richard Paul Evans","tags":["candle","curse","darkness","light","one"],"id":32480,"author_id":"Richard+Paul+Evans"},{"text":"An ugly candle that lights up a home is better than a beautiful lamp that merely decorates a room.","author":"Matshona Dhliwayo","tags":["beauty","candle","enlightenment","guru","lamp","light","light","matshona-dhliwayo","sage","wisdom","wisdom","wisdom","wise","wise-sayings","wise-words"],"id":40155,"author_id":"Matshona+Dhliwayo"},{"text":"I have no fear that the candle lighted in Palestine years ago will ever be put out.","author":"Dean Inge","tags":["candle","no fear","years "],"id":62938,"author_id":"Dean+Inge"},{"text":"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.","author":"Buddha","tags":["life","happiness","candle "],"id":77908,"author_id":"Buddha"},{"text":"She kept the wish to herself, as she should have, and simply blew out the candle.I clapped and whistled and then dove into my own cupcake, dying to know how my creations tasted. And seeing as I’d done the hard work—frosting and decorating—I felt like I could take credit and call them my creations. All Cassie had done was get the ingredients, come up with the recipe, and do all the measuring and mixing.","author":"Richelle Mead","tags":["birthday","cake","candle","sydney-sage-adrian-ivshkov","wish"],"id":91140,"author_id":"Richelle+Mead"},{"text":"Those candle flames were like the lives of men. So fragile. So deadly. Left alone, they lit and warmed. Let run rampant, they would destroy the very things they were meant to illuminate. Embryonic bonfires, each bearing a seed of destruction so potent it could tumble cities and dash kings to their knees.","author":"Brandon Sanderson","tags":["bonfires","candle","deadly","destruction","embryonic","fire","flames","fragility","illuminate","kings","life","light","potency","potential","power","rampage","seeds","warmth"],"id":93872,"author_id":"Brandon+Sanderson"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":74,"pages":8,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}