“Science is still only a candle glimmering in a great pitch-dark cavern.”
“For mankind, science is the only real candle in this dark universe; all other candles are fake! Science is our only real hope; all other hopes are fake! Remember this!”
“Every little candle is a great knight fighting against the darkness! Every time you feel yourself tiny, remember these brave candles!”
“In the very darkness of a stupid society, even a little candle deserves a great honour!”
“Having wandered some distance among gloomy rocks, I came to the entrance of a great cavern ... Two contrary emotions arose in me: fear and desire--fear of the threatening dark cavern, desire to see whether there were any marvelous things in it.”
“Carry a candle in the dark, be a candle in the dark, know that you're a flame in the dark.”