Dark Night Of The Soul Quotes by James Wolcott, Carl Jung, Tori Amos, Henri Nouwen, Christopher Hitchens, T.C. Boyle and many others.

A lost election can have the jolt of a drop through the gallows door, leading to a dark night of the soul in which the future presses down like a cloud that will never lift.
There is no coming to consciousness without pain. People will do anything, no matter how absurd, in order to avoid facing their own Soul. One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious.
To heal the wound, you have to go into the dark night of the soul.
People will do anything, no matter how absurd, to avoid facing their own souls.
In community, where you have all the affection you could ever dream of, you feel that there is a place where even community cannot reach. That’s a very important experience. In that loneliness, which is like a dark night of the soul, you learn that God is greater than community.
I’ve had some dark nights of the soul, of course, but giving in to depression would be a sellout, a defeat.
I’d read somewhere that nine out of ten adults in Alaska had a drinking problem. I could believe it. Snow, ice, sleet, wind, the dark night of the soul: what else were you supposed to do?
One must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star.
Now the standard cure for one who is sunk is to consider those in actual destitution or physical suffering
Being human is a complicated gig. So give that ol’ dark night of the soul a hug. Howl the eternal yes!
Won’t You guide me through the dark night of the soul That I may better understand Your way… Let me purify my thoughts and words and deeds That I may be a vehicle for Thee… Give me my rapture today.
When everything is lost, and all seems darkness, then comes the new life and all that is needed.
The dark night of the soul is when you have lost the flavor of life but have not yet gained the fullness of divinity. So it is that we must weather that dark time, the period of transformation when what is familiar has been taken away and the new richness is not yet ours.
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In a real dark night of the soul, it is always three o’clock in the morning, day after day.
The dark night of the soul comes just before revelation.
One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious.
I believe that the dark night of the soul is a common spiritual experience. I believe, too, that the answer is continued seeking and perseverance. It helps to know that others have endured a loss of faith.
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