Mysteries Quotes - page 3

Although to penetrate into the intimate mysteries of nature and thence to learn the true causes of phenomena is not allowed to us, nevertheless it can happen that a certain fictive hypothesis may suffice for explaining many phenomena. (Leonhard Euler)
Adultery is in most cases a theft in the dark. At such moments almost every woman betrays her husband's innermost secrets; becomes a Delilah who discloses to a stranger, discloses to her lover, the mysteries of her husband's strength or weakness. What seems to me treason is, not that women give themselves, but that a woman is prone, when she does so, to justify herself to herself by uncovering her husband's nakedness, exposing it to the inquisitive and scornful gaze of a stranger. View quote
Stefan Zweig
It is not given to us to peer into the mysteries of the future. Still, I avow my hope and faith, sure and inviolate, that in the days to come the British and American peoples will for their own safety and for the good of all walk together side by side in majesty, in justice, and in peace. View quote
Winston Churchill
it struck me what quality went to form a Man of Achievement, especially in Literature, and which Shakespeare possessed so enormously - I mean Negative Capability, that is, when a man is capable of being in uncertainties, mysteries, doubts, without any irritable reaching after fact and reason. View quote
John Keats
Actually, the mysteries of water are similar to those of the blood in the human body. In Nature, normal functions are fulfilled by water just as blood provides many important functions for mankind. View quote
Viktor Schauberger
Don't think about why you question, simply don't stop questioning. Don't worry about what you can't answer, and don't try to explain what you can't know. Curiosity is its own reason. Aren't you in awe when you contemplate the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure behind reality? And this is the miracle of the human mind - to use its constructions, concepts, and formulas as tools to explain what man sees, feels and touches. Try to comprehend a little more each day. Have holy curiosity. View quote
Albert Einstein
A true scientist is bored by knowledge; it is the assault on ignorance that motivates him - the mysteries that previous discoveries have revealed. View quote
Matt Ridley
Never be afraid to bring the transcendent mysteries of our faith, Christ's life and death and resurrection, to the help of the humblest and commonest of human wants. View quote
Phillips Brooks
Lots of things are mysteries. But that doesn't mean there isn't an answer to them. It's just that scientists haven't found the answer yet. View quote
Mark Haddon
There are mysteries in Everlost. Some of them are wonderful, and others scary. They should all be explored, though- perhaps that's why we're here: to experience the good and the bad that Everlost has to offer. View quote
Neal Shusterman
Through the study of fossils I had already been initiated into the mysteries of prehistoric creations. (Pierre Loti)
Even if you only want to write science fiction, you should also read mysteries, poetry, mainstream literature, history, biography, philosophy, and science. View quote
Walter Jon Williams
Mysteries I read for fun, so I will probably never write one, for fear of spoiling the fun. View quote
Fred Saberhagen
So requisite is the use of Astrology to the Arts of Divination, as it were the Key that opens the door of all their Mysteries. View quote
Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa
There is no secret to how to attain prosperity. The Universe supports and rewards us for taking risks on things that matter to the Universe. When we remember this, the mysteries about prosperity disappear, and prosperity stands explained. Prosperity will then manifest itself easily provided the Universe agrees that we are doing the right things in our lives to deserve this prosperity. View quote
Ernie J Zelinski
What you can imagine depends on what you know. Philosophers who know only philosophy consign themselves to a janitorial role in the great enterprises of exploration that are illuminating the mysteries of our lives. View quote
Daniel Dennett
We all contain mysteries, especially when seen from the inside. View quote
David Levithan
I thought I might write mysteries for the rest of my life. View quote
Jane Smiley
All through graduate school, instead of having a television I read murder mysteries: Hammett, Chandler, Ruth Rendell, P. D. James. View quote
Donna Leon
I wish to confound all these people, to create a work of art of a supernatural realism and of a spiritualist naturalism. I wish to prove... that nothing is explained in the mysteries which surround us. View quote
Joris-Karl Huysmans
Murder mysteries are puzzles that are fun to resolve. (Kathy Reichs)
No one could suspect the intricate mysteries of her heart. View quote
Kim Edwards
He wanted to take his love back from her so badly. The old techniques didn't work anymore. In fact, they'd never worked. How do you stop loving someone? It was one of the world's more brutal mysteries. The more you tried, the less it worked. View quote
Ann Brashares
Never forget: We are alive within mysteries. View quote
Wendell Berry
The so-called mysteries of quantum mechanics are in its philosophical interpretation, not in its mathematics. View quote
Victor J. Stenger