“Of all the memorable phrases that have been minted and mobilised to describe modern British royalty, 'constitutional monarchy' is virtually the only one which seemes to have neither been anticipated nor invented by Walter Bagehot. It was he who insisted that 'a princely marriage is the brilliant edition of a universal fact, and as such it rivets mankind'; and he who warned that the monarchy's 'mystery is its life. We must not let in daylight upon magic'.” Has BeensFactsMagicMysteryModernMankindUniversalBritishBrilliantPhrasesMemorableRoyaltyMonarchyDaylightBritish HistoryConstitutional Monarchy Author:David Cannadine
“Humanism is the creed of those who believe that in the circle of enwrapping mystery, men's fates are in their own hands - a faith that for modern man is becoming the only possible faith.” MenBelieveHandsFateMysteryAtheismModernBecomingHumanismPositive AtheismCirclesCreedsModern ManMystery Men Author:John Galsworthy
“Newton's great generalization, which he called the "third law of motion," was that "Action and reaction are always equal to each other;" and that law has been one of the most pregnant of all truths about the mystery of force;--one of the brightest windows through which modern eyes have looked into the world of Nature.” WorldHas BeensEyeActionLawForceMysteryModernEqualWindowThirdsReactionsPregnantNewtonGeneralizationAction And ReactionLaws Of Motion Author:Phillips Brooks
“It has long been a source of wonder to me why the leading criminological writers--men like Edmund Lester Pearson, H. B. Irving, Filson Young, Canon Brookes, William Bolitho, and Harold Eaton--have not devoted more space to the Greene tragedy; for here, surely, is one of the outstanding murder mysteries of modern times--a case practically unique in the annals of latter-day crime.” MenLongBookYoungSpaceWonderCasesMysteryModernCrimeSourceUniqueTragedyMurderLatterDevotedOutstandingModern TimesCanonLatter DaysMurder Mysteries Book:The Greene Murder Case Source: The Greene Murder Case
“More than any other modern tool, computers are a total mystery to their users. Most people never open them up to fix them or to see how they work.” PeopleMysteryModernComputerToolsUsers Author:Clive Thompson
“The unknown is the most frightening and mysterious thing, especially in the modern world where we can practically Google anything and find out the back story. I think to have that element of mystery it almost creates a frustration that is closer to real life.” ThinkingWorldRealStoriesMysteryModernElementsReal LifeMysteriousFrustrationFrighteningGoogleModern WorldMysterious Things Author:Larry Fessenden
“[Georg Cantor was the first to prove that there could be a series of infinities; that infinities come in an infinite number of sizes.] Thus Cantor's Absolute is a perfect image for what we experience of God. When I speak of a Big Enough God I am not merely thinking of an Infinite God, but the God of infinities, the Absolute, which either chooses to reveal itself or remains veiled in mystery. Modern mathematics does begin to feel like the language that God talks.” ThinkingFeelsFirstsDoeEnoughBigsSpeakLanguagePerfectNumbersMysteryModernProveAbsolutesInfiniteMathematicsRemainsSeriesSizeInfinity Author:Sara Maitland
“The numinous depth of the mystery that seems to have called us out of the animal mind is completely impenetrable to modern analysis.” MindSeemsAnimalMysteryModernDepthAnalysisNuminous Author:Terence McKenna
“Anthropologists have often described what happens to a primitive society when its spiritual values are exposed to the impact of modern civilisation. Its people lose the meaning of their lives, their social organisation disintegrates, and they themselves morally decay. We are now in the same condition. But we have never really understood what we have lost, for our spiritual leaders unfortunately were more interested in protecting their institutions than in understanding the mystery that symbols present.” PeopleHappensSpiritualValuesLostSocialUnderstandingLosesLeaderMysteryModernConditionsUnderstoodInstitutionsImpactSymbolsExposedDecayPrimitiveCivilisationOrganisationAnthropologistsSpiritual LeaderSpiritual Values Author:Carl Jung