Quotes about Mystery
But the secret counsel of God is something else. It is so deep and so high that no exploration can attain to it.
- John Calvin
The Phoenix riddle hath more witBy us, we two being one, are it.So to one neutral thing both sexes fit,We die and rise the same, and proveMysterious by this love.
- John Donne
I have done one braver thingThan all the Worthies did;And yet a braver thence doth spring,Which is, to keep that hid.
- John Donne
Who ever comes to shroud me, do not harmNor question muchThat subtle wreath of hair, which crowns my arm;The mystery, the sign you must not touch,For 'tis my outward soul,Viceroy to that, which then to heaven being gone,Will leave this to control,And keep these limbs, her provinces, from dissolution.
- John Donne
Poor intricated soul! Riddling, perplexed, labyrinthical soul!
- John Donne
Twice or thrice had I loved thee, Before I knew thy face or name.
- John Donne
Twice or thrice had I lov'd thee, Before I knew thy face or name
- John Donne
We die and rise the same, and prove Mysterious by this love.
- John Donne
The kind of poetry I write, lyric poetry, I think is really concerned with intimacy, with mystery. That needn't be religious mystery, there are mysteries to do with everyday life.
- Kevin Hart
A sly piece of good luck, which nobody knows of is delightful.
- Publilius Syrus
There is a mystery in all great writing and that mystery does not dissect out. It continues and is always valid.
- Ernest Hemingway
The reproduction of mankind is a great marvel and mystery. Had God consulted me in the matter, I should have advised him to continue the generation of the species by fashioning them out of clay.
- Martin Luther