Mysterious Quotes

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He had heard that women often love plain ordinary men, but he did not believe it, because he judged by himself and he could only… — Leo Tolstoy
The fairest thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion which stands at the cradle of true science. He who knows… — Hans Selye
Something quite unexpected has happened. It came this morning early. For various reasons, not in themselves at all mysterious, my heart was lighter than it… — C.S. Lewis
Brain: an apparatus with which we think that we think. Mind, n. A mysterious form of matter secreted by the brain. — Ambrose Bierce
Precisely in proportion to our own intellectual weakness will be our credulity as to those mysterious powers assumed by others. — Charles Caleb Colton
The doctrine of pre-existence pours a wonderful flood of light upon the otherwise mysterious problem of man's origin. It shows that man, as a spirit,… — Heber J. Grant
Cats are a mysterious kind of folk. There is more passing in their minds than we are aware of. — Walter Scott
Our soul, our true self, is the most mysterious, essential, and magical dimension of our being. In fact, it is not a separate reality, as… — Gabrielle Roth
What very mysterious things days were. Sometimes they fly by, and other times they seem to last forever, yet they are all exactly twenty-four hours.… — Melanie Benjamin
If you want to love, take the time to listen to your heart. In most ancient and wise cultures it is a regular practice for… — Jack Kornfield
The existence of a first cause of the universe is a necessity of thought ... Amid the mysteries which become more mysterious the more they… — Herbert Spencer
A page from a journal of modern experimental physics will be as mysterious to the uninitiated as a Tibetan mandala. Both are records of enquiries… — Fritjof Capra
I have a peculiar theory about radium, and I believe it is the correct one. I believe that there is some mysterious ray pervading the… — Thomas A. Edison
The advance of scientific knowledge does not seem to make either our universe or our inner life in it any less mysterious. — John B. S. Haldane
The more we know about this universe, the more mysterious it is. The old world that Job knew was marvelous enough, and his description of… — Harry Emerson Fosdick
If you are seeking for security, certainty, your eyes will become closed. And you will be less and less surprised and you will lose the… — Rajneesh
Act in the moment, live in the present, slowly slowly don't allow the past to interfere And you will be surprised that life is such… — Rajneesh
Religion is not based on belief or faith: religion is based on awe, religion is based on wonder. Religion is based on the mysterious that… — Rajneesh
If you see the world as beautiful, thrilling and mysterious, as I think I do, then you feel quite alive. — David Hockney
There is something mysterious in this work that I do not ever what to discover. — Philip Guston
Color! What a deep and mysterious language, the language of dreams. — Paul Gauguin
There's some mysterious process at work here, which I don't even want to understand. — Philip Guston
What I am trying to translate to you is more mysterious, it is entwined in the very roots of being, in the implacable source of… — Paul Cezanne
Some degree of withdrawal serves to nurture man's creative powers. The artist and the scientist bring out of the dark void, like the mysterious universe… — Loren Eiseley
It is important to do what you don't know how to do. It is important to see your skills as keeping you from learning what… — Carlos Castaneda

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