Quotes about Mystery
He was looking at her from behind the smiling that wasn't smiling but was something you were not supposed to see beyond.
— William Faulkner
I am the chosen of the Lord, for who He loveth, so doeth He chastiseth. But I be durn if He dont take some curious ways to show it, seems like.
— William Faulkner
He had a face like a nutcracker; a scrawny man of no particular age, with merry secretive eyes.
— William Faulkner
All our scientific and philosophic ideals are altars to unknown gods.
— William James
When you knock, ask to see God — none of the servants.
— Henry David Thoreau
Now comes the mystery.
— Henry Ward Beecher
what he is to the inscrutable God is what matters.
— Leonard Ravenhill
Inspiration is as mysterious as life, for both are God-given. Life begets life by its very nature. By the same token, inspired men inspire.
— Leonard Ravenhill
"All right," said the [Cheshire] Cat; and this time it vanished quite slowly, beginning with the end of the tail, and ending with the grin, which remained some time after the rest of it had gone.
— Lewis Carroll
Flowers are sent to do God's work in unrevealed paths, and to diffuse influence by channels that we hardly suspect.
— Henry Ward Beecher
If God did not want us to understand the book of Revelation, He would not have given it to us at all.
— DL Moody
Flowers are the hieroglyphics of angels. Loved by all men for the beauty of their character, though few can decipher even fragments of their meaning.
— Steven James