“The woman is not just a pleasure, nor even a problem. She is a meniscus that allows the absolute to have a shape, that lets him skate however briefly on the mystery, her presence luminous on the ordinary and the grand. Like the odor at night in Pittsburgh’s empty streets after summer rain on maples and sycamore.” ProblemNightPleasureMysteryStreetsShapesSummerOrdinaryRainEmptyAbsolutesLuminousSkatesOdorPittsburghMapleSummer RainEmpty Streets Book:The Dance Most of All: Poems Source: The Dance Most of All: Poems
“In my more lucid moments I know that God is right here, right now; that God is the luminous mystery at the heart of creation and that God is here in the joys and sorrows of the world. And I try to see God in everything and treat all life with reverence.” KnowsWorldTryingHeartMomentsJoyFaithMysteryCreationSorrowRight NowTreatsReverenceLuminousJoys And Sorrows Author:Sy Safransky
“Life is a luminous pause between two mysteries that are yet one.” TwoLife IsMysteryPausesLuminous Author:Carl Jung
“You look at a star for two reasons, because it is luminous, and because it is impenetrable. You have beside you a sweeter radiance and a greater mystery, woman.” LooksTwoReasonStarsGreaterMysteryLuminousRadianceBeside You Book:Les Misérables Source: Les Misérables