41 Quotes On Mystery
Here’s a collection of my favorite quotes on mystery.
“Mystery creates wonder and wonder is the basis of man’s desire to understand.” – Neil Armstrong
“The possession of knowledge does not kill the sense of wonder and mystery. There is always more mystery.” ― Anaïs Nin
“As we acquire more knowledge, things do not become more comprehensible, but more mysterious.” – Albert Schweitzer
“Mysteries abound where most we seek for answers.” – Ray Bradbury
“Without mysteries, life would be very dull indeed. What would be left to strive for if everything were known?” – Charles de Lint
“I’m for mystery, not interpretive answers. … The answer is never the answer. What’s really interesting is the mystery. If you seek the mystery instead of the answer, you’ll always be seeking. I’ve never seen anybody really find the answer, but they think they have. So they stop thinking. But the job is to seek mystery, evoke mystery, plant a garden in which strange plants grow and mysteries bloom. The need for mystery is greater than the need for an answer.” – Ken Kesey
“Mystery is a resource, like coal or gold, and its preservation is a fine thing.” – Tim Cahill
“The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science. He to whom the emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand wrapped in awe, is as good as dead — his eyes are closed. The insight into the mystery of life, coupled though it be with fear, has also given rise to religion. To know what is impenetrable to us really exists, manifesting itself as the highest wisdom and the most radiant beauty, which our dull faculties can comprehend only in their most primitive forms—this knowledge, this feeling is at the center of true religiousness.” ― Albert Einstein