Quotes About Mystery

An inner voice tells me that this is not the true Jacob. The theory accomplishes a lot, but it does not bring us closer to the secrets of the Old One. In any case, I am convinced that He does not play dice.

Would you make a right just up ahead?" he asked. "And then?" "I'll show you something." "More mysteries." "There's nothing mysterious about it." "You're the mystery." He smiled. "Me?

Der Tod kam beim Nacht und er kam nicht allein. Ein kleines Mädchen lief an seiner Seite.

Was ist Magie anderes als eine Technik, die die meisten Menschen nicht verstehen - noch nicht, oder nicht mehr?

Nicht jeder, der ein Bücherregal hat, ist auch gleich ein Bibliomant.

Keinen Prinzen für die Schlampe?«, fragte Puck. »Was für ein Märchen ist das denn?«

She slowly turned her head and looked at him. At his attractive, open face that could turn dark and reserved within seconds. The curve of his lips. The green eyes that looked into her a little too far and that she couldn't defend herself against.

Vieles kann geschehen. Auch das Unverhoffte.

That in itself made her a little intriguing and enticing. A woman who doesn't know her own potential for passion

Kalina stood staring a moment after he had gone, trying to piece together what had happened. A stranger – a strange smell, like the bark of trees, or the musk of the woods – an arm around her, something against her lips. She could not remember the order of events – a kiss, then a rustle in the trees, then his arms, then a stranger – or was it

I can't explain everything about why, but I found out some stuff recently that means I'm suddenly very interesting to a lot of people.", Celestra Caine, FADE by Kailin Gow

Location Thirteen is where you go when things turn odd," Jack says. "When there's a real crisis, or a major disaster… well, it's time for Location Thirteen.", FADE by Kailin Gow

Celestra Caine, you are about to fade." - FADE by Kailin Gow.

Great, so now I'm the Loch Ness Monster. ", Celestra Caine, FADE by Kailin Gow

Words made physical were like words made magical. - Earthling (Red Genesis #2)

Agatha: She uses poison?! Gil: Well, I always thought she just couldn't make coffee . But now , I'm not so sure .

There's a temple to a dark god or some such in the basement. I'll be there." "Ah, yes…that can happen if one doesn't keep an eye on the drains…

Perhaps we reveal ourselves too much in small things because we have so little of the great to conceal.

It (Teaism) insulates purity and harmony, the mystery of mutual charity, the romanticism of the social order. It is essentially a worship of the Imperfect, as it is a tender attempt to accomplish something possible in this impossible thing we know as life.

In the Christian context, we do not mean by a "mystery" merely that which is baffling and mysterious, an enigma or insoluble problem. A mystery is, on the contrary, something that is revealed for our understanding, but which we never understand exhaustively because it leads into the depth or the darkness of God. The eyes are closed—but they are also opened.

We see that it is not the task of Christianity to provide easy answers to every question, but to make us progressively aware of a mystery. God is not so much the object of our knowledge as the cause of our wonder.

Such, then, is our God: unknowable in his essence, yet known in his energies; beyond and above all that we can think or express, yet closer to us than our own heart.

Our reasoning brain is weak, and our tongue is weaker still", remarks St Basil the Great. "It is easier to measure the entire sea with a tiny cup than to grasp God's ineffable greatness with the human mind."10

Because God is a mystery beyond our understanding, we shall never know his essence or inner being, either in this life or in the Age to come. If we knew the divine essence, it would follow that we knew God in the same way as he knows himself; and this we cannot ever do, since he is Creator and we are created. But, while God's inner essence is for ever beyond our comprehension, his energies, grace, life and power fill the whole universe, and are directly accessible to us.