--- title: "16 God Mystery Quotes by 16 authors" description: "Browse 16 God Mystery quotes by 16 authors. Discover the best God Mystery sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/22a/rae-carson-2613_mind_the-mind-of-god-is-a-mystery-and-none-ca_421507.jpg" --- > [“The mind of God is a mystery and none can understand it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rae-carson/the-mind-of-god-is-a-mystery-and-none-can-understand-it/) [Rae Carson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rae-carson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/22a/rae-carson-2613_mind_the-mind-of-god-is-a-mystery-and-none-ca_421507.jpg) > [The language of God is Mystery.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kedar-joshi/the-language-of-god-is-mystery/) [Kedar Joshi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kedar-joshi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ab/kedar-joshi-2717_god_the-language-of-god-is-mystery-2331954_2331954.jpg) > [Whether you want to call it God or the mystery of the cosmos doesn't matter to me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeanette-winterson/whether-you-want-to-call-it-god-or-the-mystery-of-the-cosmos-doesn-t/) [Jeanette Winterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeanette-winterson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc6/jeanette-winterson-166_astronomy_whether-you-want-to-call-it-god-or-the-m_2836264.png) > [The search for God's presence was much of a mystery as God himself, and what was God if not a mystery?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicholas-sparks/the-search-for-god-s-presence-was-much-of-a-mystery-as-god-himself/) [Nicholas Sparks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicholas-sparks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec2/nicholas-sparks-93_god-s-presence_the-search-for-god-s-presence-was-much-o_1452826.jpg) > [“God, a mystery, We, a visible truth, He lives within us, We find him in books.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neymat-khan/god-a-mystery-we-a-visible-truth-he-lives-within-us-we-find-him-in/) [Neymat Khan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neymat-khan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/188/neymat-khan-34422_books_god-a-mystery-we-a-visible-truth-he-live_2550869.jpg) > [“Mystery is not an argument for the existence of God; mystery is an experience of the existence of God.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-j-gomes/mystery-is-not-an-argument-for-the-existence-of-god-mystery-is-an/) [Peter J. Gomes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-j-gomes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df8/peter-j-gomes-44015_existence-of-god_mystery-is-not-an-argument-for-the-exist_417787.png) > [I don't understand how people of intelligence can reconcile what I see as constant proof of divine indifference to human outcomes with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heather-mac-donald/i-don-t-understand-how-people-of-intelligence-can-reconcile-what-i/) [Heather Mac Donald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heather-mac-donald/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fdf/heather-mac-donald-6566_divine_i-don-t-understand-how-people-of-intelli_413881.jpg) > [How anyone can believe in eternal punishment, or in any soul which God has made being "lost" and also believes in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claude-montefiore/how-anyone-can-believe-in-eternal-punishment-or-in-any-soul-which-god/) [Claude Montefiore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claude-montefiore/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e3d/claude-montefiore-228643_believe_how-anyone-can-believe-in-eternal-punish_2732893.png) > [We must begin to believe that God, in the mystery of prayer, has entrusted us with a force that can move the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-murray/we-must-begin-to-believe-that-god-in-the-mystery-of-prayer-has/) [Andrew Murray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-murray/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7bd/andrew-murray-1530_believe_we-must-begin-to-believe-that-god-in-the_601480.jpg) > [What kind of god is it that some human brain can shatter the illusions that have been built up around such a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-shelby-spong/what-kind-of-god-is-it-that-some-human-brain-can-shatter-the/) [John Shelby Spong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-shelby-spong/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a8e/john-shelby-spong-1488_able_what-kind-of-god-is-it-that-some-human-b_2034631.png) > [I find it quite improbable that such order came out of chaos. There has to be some organizing principle. God to me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/allan-sandage/i-find-it-quite-improbable-that-such-order-came-out-of-chaos-there/) [Allan Sandage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/allan-sandage/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ed/allan-sandage-62818_astronomy_i-find-it-quite-improbable-that-such-ord_1019237.jpg) > [If God is the mystery of the universe, these mysteries, we're tackling these mysteries one by one. If you're going to stay…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-degrasse-tyson/if-god-is-the-mystery-of-the-universe-these-mysteries-we-re-tackling/) [Neil deGrasse Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-degrasse-tyson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d06/neil-degrasse-tyson-143_communication_if-god-is-the-mystery-of-the-universe-th_452000.png) > [“the mystery of love bespeaks another mystery—the mystery of God. If we refuse to ascribe the name of God to the mystery…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-capps/the-mystery-of-love-bespeaks-another-mystery-the-mystery-of-god-if-we/) [Donald Capps](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-capps/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b36/donald-capps-167965_love_the-mystery-of-love-bespeaks-another-mys_1572229.jpg) > [“I fear many imagine God as far too small. Even if you say the right words and articulate good doctrine, if you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mathis/i-fear-many-imagine-god-as-far-too-small-even-if-you-say-the-right/) [David Mathis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mathis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b3/david-mathis-13779_fear_i-fear-many-imagine-god-as-far-too-small_2512868.jpg) > [“Christ. No, not Christ. These leavings were made in propitiation of a much older God than the Christian one. People have called…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/christ-no-not-christ-these-leavings-were-made-in-propitiation-of-a/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/133/stephen-king-13_different-times_christ-no-not-christ-these-leavings-were_1764117.jpg) > [“To say that some kind of god might exist is to vivify its being with mystery. To define a god into existence…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-ligotti/to-say-that-some-kind-of-god-might-exist-is-to-vivify-its-being-with/) [Thomas Ligotti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-ligotti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/53a/thomas-ligotti-2073_infinite_to-say-that-some-kind-of-god-might-exist_858944.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/god-mystery/#itemlist", "name": "God Mystery Quotes", "numberOfItems": 16, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The mind of God is a mystery and none can understand it.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Rae Carson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rae-carson/the-mind-of-god-is-a-mystery-and-none-can-understand-it/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": 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People have called Him different things at different times, but Rachel’s sister gave Him a perfectly good name, I think: Oz the Gweat and Tewwible, God of dead things left in the ground, God of rotting flowers in drainage ditches, God of the Mystery.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Stephen King" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/christ-no-not-christ-these-leavings-were-made-in-propitiation-of-a/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/133/stephen-king-13_different-times_christ-no-not-christ-these-leavings-were_1764117.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/133/stephen-king-13_different-times_christ-no-not-christ-these-leavings-were_1764117.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/133/stephen-king-13_different-times_christ-no-not-christ-these-leavings-were_1764117.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Christ. No, not Christ. 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