“Wonder, or radical amazement, is a way of going beyond what is given in thing and thought, refusing to take anything for granted, to regard anything as final. It is our honest response to the grandeur and mystery of reality our confrontation with that which transcends the given.” WayRealityGivenWonderMysteryHonestRegardResponseFinalsGrantedRadicalConfrontationGrandeurAmazement Author:Abraham Joshua Heschel
“Why, when no honest man will deny in private that every ultimate problem is wrapped in the profoundest mystery, do honest men proclaim in pulpits that unhesitating certainty is the duty of the most foolish and ignorant? Is it not a spectacle to make the angels laugh?” MenProblemLaughingMysteryHonestDutyAngelUltimateDenyFoolishIgnorantCertaintyHonest ManPulpit Book:An Agnostic's Apology, and Other Essays Source: An Agnostic's Apology, and Other Essays
“I definitely prefer things to be dark, I definitely prefer things to not be particularly obvious. I like a lot of mystery in music, and I like it when things don't sound just like what they sound like always. But at the same time I like everything to sound very earnest and honest. So I don't really think that I have a definite stamp, but if people see that, that's awesome.” PeopleIfsThinkingSoundDarkMysteryHonestObviousDefiniteStampsEarnest Author:John Congleton
“I have realized that mystery is what keeps people away, and I've grown tired of smoke and mirrors. I yearn for the clean, well-lighted place. So let's peek behind the curtain and hail the others like us. The open-faced sandwiches who take risks and live big and smile with all of their teeth. These are the people I want to be around. This is the honest way I want to live and love and write.” PeopleWayWantWritingWellsBigsBehindsRiskMysteryHonestAnd LoveMirrorsTiredCleanTeethSmokeCurtainsSandwichesHailLive And LoveSmoke And Mirrors Author:Amy Poehler
“I think the whole experience of being a human being on the planet is such a mystery, to be honest. Trying to figure out one's purpose and [asking] "What is it all about?"” ThinkingTryingHumansWholePurposeHuman BeingsMysteryHonestFiguresPlanetsAskingBeing Honest Author:Annie Lennox