#ystery

The reproduction of mankind is a great marvel and mystery. Had God consulted me in the matter, I should have advised him to continue the generation of the species by fashioning them out of clay. ↗

— Martin Luther

#clay #consulted #continue #generation #god

We men are fascinated by the things we don't really understand. It gives us something to think and talk about: like females, they drive us nuts. ↗

— Criss Jami

#attraction #conversation #curiosity #fascination #females

The mystery of existence is the connection between our faults and our misfortunes. ↗

— Madame de Stael

#connection #existence #faults #misfortunes #mystery

There is therefore a tremendous mystery in the fact that God may be united with man and the man with God. ↗

— Michael Servetus

#god #man #may #mystery #therefore

Time is still the great mystery to us. It is no more than a concept; we don't know if it even exists. ↗

— Clifford D. Simak

#even #exists #great #know #more

The whole mystery of temptation is to have sins suggested to us, and to be swept after them by a sudden enthusiasm, which sometimes feels as strong as the Spirit of God ever made in us the enthusiasm for virtue. ↗

— George A. Smith

#enthusiasm #ever #feels #god #made

It was 100 feet of 16 mm black-and-white film of a car coming to a stop sign, and driving off. I had to decide how to frame and light it. It was magic. There was a sense of mystery. ↗

— Conrad Hall

#car #coming #decide #driving #feet

Remember that you don't choose love; love chooses you. All you really can do is accept it for all its mystery when it comes into your life. Feel the way it fills you to overflowing then reach out and give it away. ↗

— Kent Nerburn

#away #choose #choose love #chooses #comes

The longer one lives, the more mysterious life seems. ↗

— Francis Brett Young

#mystery #unknown #life

David could tell, by looking at her face as she read, whether or not the story contained in the book was living inside her, and she in it, and he would recall again all that she had told him about stories and tales and the power that they wield over us, and that we in turn wield over them. ↗

— John Connolly

#science-fiction-fantasy #science