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He has, He reminds us, "graven thee upon the palms of my hands" (1 Nephi 21:16). Considering the incomprehensible cost of the Crucifixion, Christ is… — Jeffrey R. Holland
To us, it is incomprehensible that millions of Christian men killed and tortured each other because Napoleon was ambitious or Alexander was firm, or because… — Leo Tolstoy
Philosophy, the love of Wisdom, is at the very bottom defence against the incomprehensible. — Oswald Spengler
The simplicity of your character makes you exquisitely incomprehensible to me. — Oscar Wilde
The most incomprehensible thing in the world to a man, is a woman who rejects his offer of marriage! — Jane Austen
I went from one to the other holding my sorrow - no, not my sorrow but the incomprehensible nature of this our life - for… — Virginia Woolf
Being incomprehensible offers unparalleled protection against having nothing to say...but writing with simplicity requires courage, for there is a danger that one will be overlooked,… — Alain de Botton
He has to live in the midst of the incomprehensible, which is also detestable. — Joseph Conrad
Sometimes, waking early before the others, wandering the rooms wrapped in a blanket or drinking my tea in the empty kitchen, I had that most… — Nicole Krauss
She was incomprehensible, for, in her, soul and spirit were one - the beauty of her body was the essence of her soul. She was… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
Everything you say is boring and incomprehensible, but that alone doesn't make it true. — Franz Kafka
The General Theory was not truly revolutionary at all but merely old and oft-refuted mercantilist and inflationist fallacies dressed up in shiny new garb, replete… — Murray Rothbard
We sinned for no reason but an incomprehensible lack of love, and He saved us for no reason but an incomprehensible excess of love. — Peter Kreeft
She was still under the spell of her infatuation. She had tried to forget him, realizing the inutility of remembering. But the thought of him… — Kate Chopin
People of a television culture need “plain language” both aurally and visually, and will even go so far as to require it in some circumstances… — Neil Postman
The ways of Wayne are mysterious and incomprehensible. — Brandon Sanderson
A marriage is a private thing. It has its own wild laws, and secret histories, and savage acts, and what passes between married people is… — Catherynne M. Valente
My life and most people's lives are a series of little miracles -- strange coincidences which spring from uncontrollable impulses and give rise to incomprehensible… — Colin Clark
People who’ve had any genuine spiritual experience always know that they don’t know. They are utterly humbled before mystery. They are in awe before the… — Richard Rohr
Great writers, I discovered, were not to be bowed down before and worshipped, but embraced and befriended. Their names resounded through history not because they… — Stephen Fry
People always make the mistake of thinking art is created for them. But really, art is a private language for sophisticates to congratulate themselves on… — Bill Watterson
Males are the most incomprehensible species. — Rachel Cohn
Looking up into the night sky is looking into infinity — distance is incomprehensible and therefore meaningless — Douglas Adams
I wanted to feel the blood running back into my veins, even at the cost of annihilation. I wanted to shake the stone and light… — Henry Miller
God is our Father and loves us, even when his silence remains incomprehensible. — Pope Benedict XVI

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