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    One (practitioner of science) is the educated man who still has a controlled sense of wonder before the universal mystery, whether it hides in a snail's eye or within the light that impinges on that delicate organ.

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Mystery and innocence are not akin.

Mystery and innocence are not akin.

by Hosea Ballou Found in: Mystery Quotes,
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Uncertainty and mystery are energies of life. Don't let them scare you unduly, for they keep boredom at bay and read more

Uncertainty and mystery are energies of life. Don't let them scare you unduly, for they keep boredom at bay and spark creativity.

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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.

by James Arthur Baldwin Found in: Mystery Quotes,
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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.

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The mystery of love is greater than the mystery of life.

The mystery of love is greater than the mystery of life.

by Oscar Wilde Found in: Mystery Quotes,
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The workings of the human heart are the profoundest mystery of the universe. One moment they make us despair of read more

The workings of the human heart are the profoundest mystery of the universe. One moment they make us despair of our kind, and the next we see in them the reflection of the divine image.

by Charles W. Chesnutt Found in: Mystery Quotes,
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You know my method. It is founded upon the observance of trifles.

You know my method. It is founded upon the observance of trifles.

by Arthur Conan Doyle Found in: Mystery Quotes,
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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.

by Tennessee Williams Found in: Mystery Quotes,
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When I was young, I said to God, 'God, tell me the mystery of the universe.' But God answered, 'that read more

When I was young, I said to God, 'God, tell me the mystery of the universe.' But God answered, 'that knowledge is for me alone.' So I said, 'God, tell me the mystery of the peanut.' Then God said, 'Well, George, that's more nearly your size.'

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