Quotes About Mystery

She is neither fish, nor flesh, nor good red herring.

Give thanks for sorrow that teaches you pity; for pain that teaches you courage-and give exceeding thanks for the mystery which remains a mystery still-the veil that hides you from the infinite, which makes it possible for you to believe in what you cannot see.

There is one thing which gives radiance to everything. It is the idea of something around the corner.

God seems to have the receiver off the hook.

God will be present, whether asked or not.

God moves in a mysterious way His wonders to perform; He plants his footsteps in the sea And rides upon the storm.

God is an unutterable sigh, planted in the depths of the soul.

"You are accepted!" ... accepted by that which is greater than you and the name of which you do not know. Do not ask the name now, perhaps you will know it later. Do not try to do anything, perhaps later you will do much. Do not seek for anything, do not perform anything, do not intend anything. Simply accept the fact that you are accepted.

Yet verily these issues lie on the lap of the gods.

Happiness is a mystery like religion, and it should never be rationalized.

Everyone speaks of it, few know it.

When the heart of your heart opens, you can take deep pleasure in the company of the people around you . . . When you are open to the beauty, mystery, and grandeur of ordinary existence, you "get it" that it always has been beautiful, mysterious, and grand and always will be.

The Devil's boots don't creak.

Truthfully, I don't know how those special effects people do it.

How do you solve a mystery? How do you write a book? The techniques for starting both are surprisingly similar. Find an intriguing question and, pen and dagger tucked under cloak, search for clues.

I believe that not everything we humans encounter in our lives can be neatly and convincingly tucked away inside the orderly cabinetry of science.

When I was a kid, 'Scooby Doo' was, hands down, my favorite cartoon. Even when I was older, when I was in college studying and I needed to tune out for a while, I'd watch 'Scooby Doo.'

For some reason, I can really tune in in the majors, and I have no idea why. They really get my attention.

It was a mystery to me, how the tuning was, or the style seemed to come out of nowhere, it obviously had roots in America going way back, there was nothing like it for me I'd ever seen before.

We don't really know who killed Martin Luther King. We don't really know who killed Bobby Kennedy. We don't really know who killed John Kennedy. We don't really know who killed Tupac Shakur.

I only like people to know what I want them to know. People didn't know what Tupac was doing. That's why he was so iconic.

If we had the fundamental laws of nature tomorrow, we still wouldn't understand consciousness. We wouldn't even understand turbulence.

They may turn out to be a great disappointment, or perhaps they may be full of enchanting surprises.

You can never turn your back on the ocean.