Enigmas Quotes

24 quotes by 23 authors

Society bristles with enigmas which look hard to solve. It is a perfect maze of intrigue. — Honore de Balzac
With the strength of his spiritual sight and insight the distance, and as it were the space, around man continually expands: his world grows deeper,… — Friedrich Nietzsche
If knowing answers to life's questions is absolutely necessary to you, then forget the journey. You will never make it, for this is a journey… — Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte Guyon
By keenly confronting the enigmas that surround us, and by considering and analyzing the observations that I had made, I ended up in the domain… — M.C. Escher
Time is an ethereal and sometimes cruel goddess. In her relentless passing, she steals away our youth and vitality, often in ways that seem insignificant… — Michael Kelleher
There's something in the human personality which resents things that are clear, and conversely, something which is attracted to puzzles, enigmas, and allegories. — Stanley Kubrick
God knows instantly and effortlessly all matter and all matters, all mind and every mind, all spirit and all spirits, all being and every being,… — Aiden Wilson Tozer
True affection is a body of enigmas, mysteries and riddles, wherein two so become one that they both become two. — Thomas Browne
I am always wandering around in enigmas. There are young people who constantly come to tell me: you, too, are making Op Art. I haven't… — M.C. Escher
In NÃ¡huatl, the language of the Aztec world, one key word for poet was 'tlamatine,' meaning 'the one who knows,' or 'he who knows something.'… — Edward Hirsch
A stunning survey of the latest evidence for intelligent life on Mars. Mac Tonnies brings a thoughtful, balanced and highly accessible approach to one of… — Herbie Brennan
Women are one of the Almighty's enigmas to prove to men that He knows more than they do. — Ellen Glasgow
If Murakami's novels are grand enigmas, his stories are bite-sized conundrums. (...) The great pleasure of the new story collection, Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman, is… — Antoine Wilson
It is not science which leads to unbelief but rather ignorance. The ignorant man thinks he understands something provided that he sees it every day.… — Jan Potocki
If we understood the enigmas of life there would be no need for art. — Albert Camus
Could we say that the short short is to other kinds of fiction somewhat as the lyric is to other kinds of poetry? The lyric… — Irving Howe
When I make a film, I never stop uncovering mysteries, making discoveries. When I'm writing, filming, editing, even doing promotional work, I discover new things… — Pedro Almodovar
Mystique is rare now, isn't it? There aren't that many enigmas in this modern world. — Benedict Cumberbatch
I've put in so many enigmas and puzzles that it will keep the professors busy for centuries arguing over what I meant, and that's the… — James Joyce
Were he supreme, were he mighty, were he just, were he good, this God you tell me about, would it be through enigmas and buffooneries… — Marquis de Sade

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