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Mystery is a resource, like coal or gold, and its preservation is a fine thing.
Mystery is a resource, like coal or gold, and its preservation is a fine thing.
Mystery is another name for our ignorance; if we were omniscient, all would be perfectly plain.
Mystery is another name for our ignorance; if we were omniscient, all would be perfectly plain.
We are all, in a sense, experts on secrecy. From earliest childhood we feel its mystery and attraction. We know read more
We are all, in a sense, experts on secrecy. From earliest childhood we feel its mystery and attraction. We know both the power it confers and the burden it imposes. We learn how it can delight, give breathing space and protect.
Often the hands will solve a mystery that the intellect has struggled with in vain.
Often the hands will solve a mystery that the intellect has struggled with in vain.
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.
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.
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.
Mystery creates wonder and wonder is the basis of man's desire to understand.
Mystery creates wonder and wonder is the basis of man's desire to understand.
