Do not be upset when people only remember you when they need you. Feel privileged that you are like a candle that comes to their mind during their darkest hours. Nectarios of Aegina
When a mother prays for her children, she must melt like a candle. She should pray silently and with her hands raised high towards Christ, to embrace her child in secret. Porphyrios of Kafsokalyvia
Absence extinguishes the minor passions and increases the great ones, as the wind blows out a candle and fans a fire. François de La Rochefoucauld
Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness. Chinese Proverb
Don't curse the darkness, light a candle. Chinese Proverb
Light a candle for God and another for the devil. Polish Proverb