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We have grasped the mystery of the atom and rejected the Sermon on the Mount.
We have grasped the mystery of the atom and rejected the Sermon on the Mount.
Mystery is the wisdom of blockheads.
Mystery is the wisdom of blockheads.
As we acquire more knowledge, things do not become more comprehensible, but more mysterious.
As we acquire more knowledge, things do not become more comprehensible, but more mysterious.
The face of a lover is an unknown, precisely because it is invested with so much of oneself. It is read more
The face of a lover is an unknown, precisely because it is invested with so much of oneself. It is a mystery, containing, like all mysteries, the possibility of torment.
The final mystery is oneself.
The final mystery is oneself.
The only words that ever satisfied me as describing Nature are the terms used in fairy books, charm, spell, enchantment. read more
The only words that ever satisfied me as describing Nature are the terms used in fairy books, charm, spell, enchantment. They express the arbitrariness of the fact and its mystery.
I would rather live in a world where my life is surrounded by mystery than live in a world so read more
I would rather live in a world where my life is surrounded by mystery than live in a world so small that my mind could comprehend it.
Some mystery should be left in the revelation of character in a play, just as a great deal of mystery read more
Some mystery should be left in the revelation of character in a play, just as a great deal of mystery is always left in the revelation of character in life, even in one's own character to himself.