Quotes about Enigma

Truly You are a God who hides Himself, O God of Israel, the Savior.

Raffiniert ist der Herr Gott, aber boshaft ist er nicht. God is subtle, but he is not malicious.

It is hidden from the eyes of every living thing and concealed from the birds of the air.

By a curious coincidence, as each point was recalled, the black wizards of Ashantee would strike up with their hatchets, as in ominous comment on the white stranger's thoughts. Pressed by such enigmas and portents, it would have been almost against nature, had not, even into the least distrustful heart, some ugly misgivings obtruded.

God is predictably unpredictable.

I have found that the prompts to adjusting my understanding of God are all around me—literally. The very heavens are shouting them, and the word they are shouting most clearly is "mystery.

A box without hinges, key, or lid, yet golden treasure inside is hid.

“How can this be?” Nicodemus asked.

I want my life to defy human explanation.

London is a riddle. Paris is an explanation.

Describe us as a sex, was her challenge. Sphinxes without secrets.

I fear I am beyond your comprehension. - Gandalf the White