Quotes about Mystery

Unfathomable mind, now beacon, now sea.

O, we love an unknown lover when we love Christ.

My shallow and ebb thoughts are not the compass Christ saileth by. I leave His ways to Himself, for they are far, far above me . . . There are windings and to's and fro's in His ways, which blind bodies like us cannot see.

If you knew particularly what to do, it were not a spiritual exercise.

I verily judge, we know not how much may be had in this life: there is yet something beyond all we see, that seeking would light upon.

For what is time? ... Who can even in thought comprehend it, so as to utter a word about it? ... If no one asks me, I know: If I wish to explain it to one that asketh, I know not.

God is raising up His heroes and the time will come when they will appear and the world will wonder where they came from.

Every time you wink the stars move.

Most women I know are priestesses and healers, although many don't know it yet, and some never will. We are all of us sisters of a mysterious order.

Embrace relational uncertainty. It's called romance. Embrace spiritual uncertainty. It's called mystery. Embrace occupational uncertainty. It's called destiny. Embrace emotional uncertainty. It's called joy. Embrace intellectual uncertainty. It's called revelation.

But please remember: this is only a work of fiction. The truth, as always, will be far stranger.

He said that there were no traces upon the ground round the body. He did not observe any. but I did - some little distance off, but fresh and clear Footprints? Footprints. A man's or a woman's? Dr. Mortimer looked strangely at us for an instant, and his voice sank almost to a whisper as he answered: Mr Holmes, they were the footprints of s gigantic hound!