Neal A. Maxwell
"These transcending truths do bring us a stunning perspective, a ’knowledge of things as they are, and as they were, and as they are to come.’ (D&C 93:24.) These transcending truths restructure our understanding of ourselves and of the universe and bring within our view resplendent reality…When encountered, their sudden richness is so breathtaking and light-intensive that, like radioactive materials, they must be handled with great care. They both light up the mind and infuse joy into the soul. (Alma 19:6.)
"All true scripture is of God and for a purpose, but encountering certain verses is like walking in the woods and coming suddenly upon what C. S. Lewis called a patch of ‘god light’—an illuminated place in the woods of our experiences. Then there is a special surge of gospel gladness. The weariness of mind quickly departs.
“Such sudden light can even restructure our understanding of reality and put our past, puny efforts in perspective.” (Meek And Lowly, p. 46)
Hugh Nibley
"In one verse, Alma 19:6, the word light occurs six times, in every one of the familiar senses in which it meets us in the Nag Hammadi texts and in the Dead Sea Scrolls: (quotes Alma 19:6)
“Mohlin’s book on the Dead Sea Scrolls, Die Söhne des Lichtes, deals extensively with the images of light and darkness; the images are so constant that the Dead Sea Scrolls people are today called the ’Sons of Light.’ The title to the second of the great scrolls is in fact The War of the Sons of Light with the Sons of Darkness. It is exactly the same light and darkness of which Alma speaks, in the same sense, when talking about King Lamoni, who was overcome in this struggle.” (Temple And Cosmos, p. 237)