Mystery Quotes

Nothing whets the intelligence more than a passionate suspicion, nothing develops all the faculties of an immature mind more than a trail running away into the dark.

Margo always loved mysteries. And in everything that came afterward, I could never stop thinking that maybe she loved mysteries so much that she became one.

Death and what came after death was no great mystery to Sabriel. She just wished it was.

And the revelation was a little like what saints receive on mountains - a further chapter in the history of the mystery.

The whole [of religion] is a riddle, an ænigma, an inexplicable mystery. Doubt, uncertainty, suspence of judgment appear the onlyresult of our most accurate scrutiny, concerning this subject.

For Indians, images are a means of celebrating mystery and not a manner of explaining it

Personally, I like those mystery shows. Ever since I was a kid I've been crazy about blood and detectives and murder. Maybe I was born with a silver knife in my back.

There is little to be gained by seeking after the mysteries, for there is hardly time in a lifetime to master the plain and precious things.

Religion and philosophy have their value, but in the end all we can do is open to mystery and live a path with heart

and I shudder sometimes to think of all that stellar mystery of how she IS going to get me in a future lifetime, wow - And I seriously do believe that will be my salvation, too. A long way to go.

There’s no accounting for the mysteries of the human heart

Even the most ordinary life is a mystery if you look close enough.

It is always a sad thing to understand those who once were obscured by the mystery and intangibility of the thoughtlessly loved.

By the sense of mystery I understand the experience of certain places and times when one's whole nature seems to be in touch with a presence, a genius loci, a potency.

Savor the mystery, Stephen, we don't get enough of them.

Nobody reads a mystery to get to the middle. They read it to get to the end. If it's a letdown, they won't buy anymore. The first page sells that book. The last page sells your next book.

Courage was mine, and I had mystery, Wisdom was mine, and I had mastery: To miss the march of this retreating world Into vain citadels that are not walled.

One of the most exiting things about being pregnant is that I just am accepting the complete unknown; it's a complete mystery and miracle.

When we suffer, there will sometimes be mystery. Will there also be faith? Yes, if our attention is focused more on the cross, and on the God of the cross, than on the suffering itself.

[Science is] an imaginative adventure of the mind seeking truth in a world of mystery.

The man who believes that the secrets of the world are forever hidden lives in mystery and fear. Superstition will drag him down." -The Judge

The Pleading of the Summer - That other Prank - of Snow - That Cushions Mystery with Tulle, For fear the Squirrels - know.

I love crime, I love mysteries, and I love ghosts.

No matter how much technique you draw on or how much training you have, acting is a mystery.

How anyone can believe in eternal punishment, or in any soul which God has made being "lost" and also believes in the love, nay, even in the justice of God is a mystery indeed.

Science must acknowledge truthfully how much it doesn't know and leave room for mystery, miracles, and the wisdom of nature.

I am a mystery to myself.

Love leads us to ourselves - this is the mystery of love.

The research in Ralph Keyes' The Quote Verifier is impressive, and each conclusion is like the solution to a real-life historical mystery. Who knew a reference book could be so entertaining?

Colour is the ultimate in art. It is still and will always remain a mystery to us, we can only apprehend it intuitively in flowers.

Partake of this sacred mystery: to take the place of others, giving them his own.

Maybe I will write a memoir, perhaps I'll do some essays, or maybe I will write a mystery story.

Jesus brings mystery, paradox, and tension - rarely did someone get a straight answer out of Him

Presentiments are strange things: and so are sympathies; and so are signs; and the three combined make one mystery to which humanity has not yet found the key.

What puts me in a vulnerable state? Beauty, wonder, surprise, mystery. Stuff like that.

The artist’s job, I think, is to be a conduit for mystery.

Remain in wonder if you want the mysteries to open up for you.

Heightened awareness is a mystery only for a reason.

Who am I? Where have I come from? Where am I going?-are not questions with an answer but questions that open us up to new questions which lead us deeper into the unshakeable mystery of existence.

I definitely like the mystery of not knowing how things will turn out, you know.

Night, the mother of fear and mystery, was coming upon me.

The interesting thing about Bettie Page that I discovered was to leave the mystery. She always retained a little mystery. Let there be some unknowns.

The mystery surrounding Garbo was as thick as a London fog.

Mystery is the art of eliciting unseen things hidden in the shadow of natural ones... and serving to demonstrate as real the things that are not.

Mystery is not the absence of meaning, but the presence of more meaning than we can comprehend.

Why do two people fall in love? It's a mystery.

Scientists try to discover or unravel the mysteries of nature. Some of the problems we are trying to solve have been solved in nature.

Art is a mystery. A mystery is something immeasurable.

Love every leaf, every ray of light. Love the animals, love the plants, love each separate thing. Loving all, you will perceive the mystery of God in all.

I paint the fog - I think of its fresh moistness - its stillness - its mystery.