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«It is a great mystery that though the human heart longs for Truth, in which alone it finds liberation and delight, the first reaction of human beings to Truth is one of hostility and fear!»
«Mystery is at the heart of creativity. That, and surprise.»
Author: Julia Cameron | About: Creativity, Mystery | Keywords: creativity, mystery, surprise
«Love is an endless mystery, for it has nothing else to explain it.»
«Laughter brings you to reality as it is. The world is a play of God, a cosmic joke. And unless you understand it as a cosmic joke you will never be able to understand the ultimate mystery.»
«I cannot conceive of a God who rewards and punishes his creatures, or has a will of the kind that we experience in ourselves. Neither can I nor would I want to conceive of an individual that survives his physical death; let feeble souls, from fear or absurd egoism, cherish such thoughts. I am satisfied with the mystery of the eternity of life and with the awareness and a glimpse of the marvelous structure of the existing world, together with the devoted striving to comprehend a portion, be it ever so tiny, of the Reason that manifests itself in nature.»
«It was the experience of mystery - even if mixed with fear - that engendered religion.»
«I lose my respect for the man who can make the mystery of sex the subject of a coarse jest, yet when you speak earnestly and seriously on the subject, is silent»
«It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances. The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.»
«Love's over brimming mystery joins death and life. It has filled my cup of pain with joy.»
«I cannot forecast to you the action of Russia. It is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma: but perhaps there is a key. That key is Russian national interests.»

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