Quotes about Mystery
And the strongest emotion was that life was as precious as it was puzzling. It was an ecstacy because it was an adventure; it was an adventure because it was an opportunity.
— GK Chesterton
We have not the reverent feeling for the rainbow that a savage has, because we know how it is made. We have lost as much as we gained by prying into that matter.
— Mark Twain
You think it more difficult to turn air into wine than to turn wine into blood?
— Graham Greene
Nudity is the uniform of the other side... nudity is a shroud.
— Milan Kundera
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.
— Eric Metaxas
It is strange to reflect how much energy is thrown away in attempting to know the unknowable.
— Joseph Barber Lightfoot
God is to me the Great Unknown. I believe in Him, but I find Him not.
— Adoniram Judson
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.
— Anne Lamott
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.
— Anne Lamott
This dark brightness that falls from the stars.
— Pierre Corneille
Such as make the sacrament only a representation of Christ do aim short of the mystery, and come short of the comfort.
— Thomas Watson
Such as make the sacrament only a representation of Christ do aim short of the mystery, and come short of the comfort.
— Thomas Watson