24 Moon Quotes to Illuminate Your Lunar Energy

The magnificent moon has enchanted humanity for millennia. This celestial body is constantly changing and is a perfect reminder of the connection to the rhythms of nature. Below are some illuminating moon quotes to reflect on.

Quotes About the Moon:

“"Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.”
— Buddha

“The Moon was so beautiful that the ocean held up a mirror.”
— Ani DiFranco

“Ooh, what a little moonlight can do, wait a while, ’til a little moonbeam comes peepin’ through.”
— Billie Holiday

“Follow your inner moonlight; don't hide the madness.”
— Allen Ginsberg

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“Follow your inner moonlight; don't hide the madness.”
— Colin Farrell

It is no more dusky in ordinary nights than our mind's habitual atmosphere, and the moonlight is as bright as our most illuminated moments are."
— Henry David Thoreau

"The moon and its broken reflection And its shadows shall appear, As the symbol of love in heaven, And its wavering image here".
— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

"When the clear, bright moon, climbs up full in view, the silvery forms of bygone ages hover up and soften the delight of contemplation.
— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“It is a beautiful and delightful sight to behold the body of the Moon.”
— Galileo Galilei

"Pure solitude and tranquility. That was the best thing the Moon could give a person.”
— Haruki Murakami

"Dreaming is to think by moonlight by the light of an inner moon."
— Jules Renard

"Somewhere out there, beneath the pale moonlight, someone's thinking of me and loving me tonight."
— Linda Ronstadt

"Always remember we are under the same sky, looking at the same moon."
— Maxine Lee

“Just like moons and like suns, with the certainty of tides, just like hopes springing high, still I'll rise.”
— Maya Angelou

“Moonlight is sculpture; sunlight is painting."
— Nathaniel Hawthorne

"With freedom, books, flowers, and the Moon, who could not be happy?"
— Oscar Wilde

"You stop to point at the moon in the sky, but the finger's blind unless the moon is shining."
— Ryōkan

"The Moon, like a flower in Heaven's high bower, with silent delight, sits and smiles on the night."
— William Blake

"If the moon smiled, she would resemble you."
— Sylvia Plath

"I always look up at the moon and see it as the single most romantic place within the cosmos."
— Tom Hanks

"Aim for the moon. If you miss, you may hit a star."
— W. Clement Stone

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