Quotes about Mystery

There is one thing which gives radiance to everything. It is the idea of something around the corner.

"You are accepted!" ... accepted by that which is greater than you and the name of which you do not know. Do not ask the name now, perhaps you will know it later. Do not try to do anything, perhaps later you will do much. Do not seek for anything, do not perform anything, do not intend anything. Simply accept the fact that you are accepted.

No man ever saw a government. I live in the midst of the Government of the United States, but I never saw the Government of the United States.

Never be afraid to bring the transcendent mysteries of our faith, Christ's life and death and resurrection, to the help of the humblest and commonest of human wants.

To know that one has a secret is to know half the secret itself.

God's not going to answer all my questions...and maybe He doesn't need to. Maybe it's enough that He saved us...and He's still saving us.

The mystery of free will versus predestination. You're going to tie yourself up with that one, Mona. Either God is in charge or He's not. We can go round and round about the origin of evil, but the buck stops at God. The question isn't who causes something to happen, but rather, whether you see the outcome with His eyes or yours. Whether or not you trust He's got it all in His hands.

How great is the mystery of the first cells which were one day animated by the breath of our souls! How impossible to decipher the welding of successive influences in which we are forever incorporated! In each one of us, through matter, the whole history of the world is in part reflected.

I find in my poetry and prose the rhythms and imagery of the best - I mean, when I'm at my best - of the good Southern black preachers. The lyricism of the spirituals and the directness of gospel songs and the mystery of blues are in my music or in my poetry and prose, or I missed everything.

I have come to realize that God is sovereign, and there are things I just don't understand.

Space is almost infinite. As a matter of fact, we think it is infinite.

God moves in a mysterious way, His wonders to perform!