Quotes
Quotes about Mystery
All is mystery; but he is a slave who will not struggle to penetrate the dark veil.
Every human life involves an unfathomable mystery, for man is the riddle of the universe, and the riddle of man in his endowment with personal capacities.
Uncertainty and mystery are energies of life. Don't let them scare you unduly, for they keep boredom at bay and spark creativity.
Mystery is the wisdom of blockheads.
I would rather live in a world where my life is surrounded by mystery than live in a world so small that my mind could comprehend it.
The ultimate mystery is one's own self.
When you have solved all the mysteries of life you long for death, for it is but another mystery of life.
Mystery creates wonder and wonder is the basis of man's desire to understand.
After seven years of marriage, I'm sure of two thingsâ first, never wallpaper together, and second, you'll need two bathrooms . . . both for her. The rest is a mystery, but a mystery I love to be involved in.
We have grasped the mystery of the atom and rejected the Sermon on the Mount.
The union of the Word and the Mind produces that mystery which is called Life... Learn deeply of the Mind and its mystery, for therein lies the secret of immortality.
Nobody reads a mystery to get to the middle. They read it to get to the end. If it's a letdown, they won't buy anymore. The first page sells that book. The last page sells your next book.
It is the dim haze of mystery that adds enchantment to pursuit.
Mystery is another name for our ignorance; if we were omniscient, all would be perfectly plain.
Mystery and innocence are not akin.
It is hard to say whether the doctors of law or divinity have made the greater advances in the lucrative business of mystery.
All is mystery; but he is a slave who will not struggle to penetrate the dark veil.
If a child is to keep his inborn sense of wonder, he needs the companionship of at least one adult who can share it, rediscovering with him the joy, excitement and mystery of the world we live in. -Rachel Carson.
The mystery of government is not how Washington works but how to make it stop.
Kind messages, that pass from land to land; Kind letters, that betray the heart's deep history, In which we feel the pressure of a hand,-- One touch of fire,--and all the rest is mystery!
I cannot forecast to you the action of Russia. It is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.
I would rather live in a world where my life is surrounded by mystery than live in a world so small that my mind could comprehend it.
Within that awful volume lies The mystery of mysteries! Happiest they of human race, To whom God has granted grace To read, to fear, to hope, to pray, To lift the latch, and force the way: And better had they ne'er been born, Who read to doubt, or read to scorn.
Where secrecy or mystery begins, vice or roguery is not far off.
What point of morals, of manners, of economy, of philosophy, of religion, of taste, of the conduct of life, has he not settled? What mystery has he not signified his knowledge of? What office, or function, or district of man's work, has he not remembered? What king has he not taught state, as Talma taught Napoleon? What maiden has not found him finer than her delicacy? What lover has he not outloved? What sage has he not outseen? What gentleman has he not instructed in the rudeness of his behavior?
