2007-03-20 05:19:05 · 7 answers · asked by genise s 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
when your sad or in sorrow....you start to truly see what you have in life that is good.
2007-03-20 05:22:22 · answer #1 · answered by Kendra H 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a metaphor. You know how that some times when it's dark, your eye begins to adjust and you find that you are able to see in the dark? Well, this quote is using this and comparing to when a situation seem completely hopeless, but gradually you'll be able to see yourself and/or the situation for what it truly is. People are often have no idea what the are capable of until they are thrown into some of the most awful situations.
2007-03-20 12:31:48 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
"In a dark time the eye begins to see." Whether it is that the stars shine brighter, or that the eye sees more acutely when it is dark, may be debated. But there are many ways to despise the world, and life we share, and one of them is to deny or despise the dark. Without the night, after all, when would we rest, and dream? Without the shortened days of winter, how could Earth herself slumber and replenish?
"In a dark time the eye begins to see," comes from one of Theodore Roethke's poems. I believe it is a dark time as far as our understanding of homosexuality is concerned, and yet I also believe that in some ways darkness has the power to enlighten us. Rabbi David Wolpe, in The Healer of Shattered Hearts, speaks of the importance of darkness: "God is intimately tied to the night. . . . In the greatest dark, the dark of Egypt, redemption occurs. In the ultimate night, that of the future, redemption is promised. God moves between the poles of night, danger and promise."
2007-03-20 12:26:14 · answer #3 · answered by Pseudosophy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means the true human nature is revealed only in adversity(difficult circumstances)
2007-03-20 12:21:44 · answer #4 · answered by gurlwithqs 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
it means that the human shows their true capability in times of need.
2007-03-20 12:45:48 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
you'll find out what in your life really matters when the light shallowness is turned off
2007-03-20 12:30:26 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
It is equivalent to "necessity is the mother of invention".
2007-03-20 13:33:21 · answer #7 · answered by NQS 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋