Quotes about Mystery

You think it more difficult to turn air into wine than to turn wine into blood?

Nudity is the uniform of the other side... nudity is a shroud.

The greatest miracle of all time, without any close seconds, is the universe. It is the miracle of all miracles, one that ineluctably points with the combined brightness of every star to something - or Someone - beyond itself.

It is strange to reflect how much energy is thrown away in attempting to know the unknowable.

God is to me the Great Unknown. I believe in Him, but I find Him not.

The first holy truth in God 101 is that men and women of true faith have always had to accept the mystery of God's identity and love and ways. I hate that, but it's the truth.

The first holy truth in God 101 is that men and women of true faith have always had to accept the mystery of God's identity and love and ways. I hate that, but it's the truth.

This dark brightness that falls from the stars.

Such as make the sacrament only a representation of Christ do aim short of the mystery, and come short of the comfort.

Such as make the sacrament only a representation of Christ do aim short of the mystery, and come short of the comfort.

The godly understand the mystery of living by faith: "The just shall live by faith" (Heb. 10:38). They can trust God's heart where they cannot trace his hand. They can get comfort out of a promise, as Moses got water out of the rock (Exod. 17:6).

Richter said, 'Like a morning dream, life becomes more and more bright the longer we live, and the reason of everything appears more clear. What has puzzled us before seems less mysterious, and the crooked paths look straighter as we approach the end.'