All is mystery; but he is a slave who will not struggle to penetrate the dark veil.

All is mystery; but he is a slave who will not struggle to penetrate the dark veil.

The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science. read more

The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: his eyes are closed.

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.

When you have solved all the mysteries of life you long for death, for it is but another mystery of read more

When you have solved all the mysteries of life you long for death, for it is but another mystery of life.

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.

You hate someone whom you really wish to love, but whom you cannot love. Perhaps he himself prevents you. That read more

You hate someone whom you really wish to love, but whom you cannot love. Perhaps he himself prevents you. That is a disguised form of love.

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.

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

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

Life consists in penetrating the unknown, and fashioning our actions in accord with the new knowledge thus acquired.

Life consists in penetrating the unknown, and fashioning our actions in accord with the new knowledge thus acquired.