"Mix a little mystery with everything, for mystery arouses veneration."
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"It is enough for me to contemplate the mystery of conscious life perpetuating itself through all eternity, to reflect upon the marvelous structure of the universe which we dimly perceive, and to try humbly to comprehend an infinitesimal part of the intelligence manifested in nature."
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"Life is love, enjoy it. Life is mystery, know it. Life is a promise, fulfill it."
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"Much of songwriting is simply a mystery."
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"The word 'self' is as great a mystery as the word 'other'. It's just a polarity between two mysteries."
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"Secrecy is the element of all goodness; even virtue, even beauty is mysterious."
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"The subtlest of subtleties, this is the gateway to all mysteries."
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"Life consists in penetrating the unknown, and fashioning our actions in accord with the new knowledge thus acquired."
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"We spend our lives trying to unlock the mystery of the universe, but there was a Turkish prisoner, Bahá’u’lláh, in Akka, Palestine who had the Key."
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"Science is not a collection of truths. It is a continuing exploration of mysteries."
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"Since these mysteries exceed my grasp, I shall pretend to have organized them."
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"My turning point was my pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela. It was then that I, who had dedicated most of my life to penetrate the 'secrets' of the universe, realized that there are no secrets. Life is and will always be a mystery."
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"We have lost awe and wonder. In reference to the mystery of life itself, we've lost respect for movement in our planet."
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"Everything we do, every thought we've ever had, is produced by the human brain. But exactly how it operates remains one of the biggest unsolved mysteries, and it seems the more we probe its secrets, the more surprises we find."
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"A forest is mystery but the desert is truth. Life pared to the bone."
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"There's no mystery to it. Nothing more complicated than learning lines and putting on a costume."
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"A mystery, and a dream, should my early life seem."
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"I have found power in the mysteries of thought."
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"The greatest mystery of existence is existence itself."
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"The ability to embrace mystery is what attracts revelation."
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