“I find enough mystery in mathematics to satisfy my spiritual needs. I think, for example, that pi is mysterious enough (don't get me started!) without having to worry about God. Or if pi isn't enough, how about fractals? or quantum mechanics?” IfsThinkingNeedsEnoughSpiritualWorryMysteryExampleMathematicsMysteriousQuantumMechanicQuantum MechanicsFractals Author:Tom Lehrer
“... Simone Weil is a mystery that should keep us all humble, and I need it more than most. Also she's the example of the religious consciousness without a religion which maybe sooner or later I will be able to write about.” NeedsShouldWritingAbleReligiousConsciousnessMysteryExampleHumbleSooner Or Later Book:Collected Works Source: Collected Works
“Some of the big philosophical problems have been solved by science, at least to a 1st approximation. Examples: the problems of matter, and mind. Only philosophical reactionaries, like Noam Chomsky, claim that they are and will remain mysteries.” MindHas BeensMatterProblemBigsMysteryExampleClaimsPhilosophicalReactionariesApproximation Author:Mario Bunge
“Oh god, I'd just hate it if a certain dramaturg got a hold of a Pinter play, for example, which are all mystery and all music. That's how the life get's sucked out of plays.” IfsPlayCertainHateMysteryExamplePinter Author:John Guare
“I discovered that the horse is life itself, a metaphor but also an example of life's mystery and unpredictability, of life's generosity and beauty, a worthy object of repeated and ever changing contemplation.” MysteryExampleObjectsHorseMetaphorWorthyGenerosityContemplationUnpredictability Author:Jane Smiley