“Before His visible advent in the flesh the Logos of God dwelt among the patriarchs and prophets in a spiritual manner, prefiguring the mysteries of His advent. After His incarnation He is present in a similar way not only to those who are still beginners, nourishing them spiritually and leading them toward the maturity of divine perfection, but also to the perfect, secretly pre-delineating in them the features of His future advent as if in an ikon.” IfsWayStillsChristianSpiritualPerfectMysteryDivinePerfectionFleshFeaturesMaturityProphetVisibleOrthodoxIncarnationOrthodox ChristianBeginnersAdventLogos Author:Maximus the Confessor
“Human beings are like detectives. They love a mystery. They love going where the mystery pulls them. What we don't like is a mystery that's solved completely. It's a letdown. It always seems less than what we imagined when the mystery was present. The last scene in `Blow Up' is so perfect because you leave the theater still dreaming. Or the end of `Chinatown,' where the guy says `Forget it, Jake, it's Chinatown.' It explains so much but it only gives you a dream of a bigger mystery. Like life. For me, I want to solve certain things but leave some room to dream.” WantGivingHumansStillsEndsDreamSeemsLastsGuyCertainHuman BeingsPerfectForgetRoomsMysterySceneBiggerTheaterBlowSolveForget ItDetectivesJakeLetdownsChinatown Author:David
“We forget about the space between the stars, the pure and perfect space that's also the eye of God. To penetrate the mystery is to become the mystery; to penetrate infinity is to become infinity; to penetrate light is to become light.” GodLightEyeStarsSpacePerfectForgetMysteryPureInfinityPenetrateSpace Between Author:Frederick Lenz
“Full of fun, over-the-top characters and witty prose, with a touch of gay romance that is equally pleasing to straight readers. The Edwin Drood Murders is the perfect mystery for educated, intelligent readers.” CharacterRomanceFunPerfectMysteryReaderGayMurderIntelligentWittyEducatedProseOver The Top Author:Rhys Bowen
“In its flawless grace and superior self-sufficiency I have seen a symbol of the perfect beauty and bland impersonality of the universe itself, objectively considered, and in its air of silent mystery there resides for me all the wonder and fascination of the unknown.” SelfUniversePerfectWonderGraceAirMysterySilentSuperiorsSymbolsFascinationSelf SufficiencySufficiencyFlawlessBlandPerfect BeautyImpersonality Book:Cat Tales 2: Fantastic Feline Fiction Source: Cat Tales 2: Fantastic Feline Fiction
“The Language of Sand has something for everyone: myths, mystery, community, humor, grief, and ultimately healing. I found myself not only rooting for Abigail but for the whole community of Chapel Isle. Block manages to hold sass and heartfelt emotion in perfect equilibrium.” WholeFoundLanguageCommunityPerfectGriefEmotionHealingMysteryMythBlockManageSandEquilibriumHeartfeltChapelIsleSassAbigail Author:Brunonia Barry
“The ultimate design of the Mysteries ... was to lead us back to the principles from which we descended, ... a perfect enjoyment of intellectual [spiritual] good.” SpiritualPerfectPrinciplesMysteryDesignIntellectualUltimateEnjoyment Author:Plato
“I think a good poem should have some inscrutable part. You can't quite explain it. The poem can only explain itself to a certain limit and at that point you enter into a little bit of mystery. That for me is the perfect poem: to begin in clarity and to end in mystery.” ThinkingShouldLittlesEndsCertainBitsPerfectMysteryLimitsLittle BitShould HaveClarityInscrutable Author:Billy Collins
“[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 Holy Eucharist is the perfect expression of the love of Jesus Christ for man since It is the quintessence of all the mysteries of His Life.” MenJesusChristPerfectMysteryExpressionHolyJesus ChristEucharistQuintessenceHoly Eucharist Author:Peter Julian Eymard
“I did not love cold harmony and perfect regularity of organization; what I sought was variety, mystery, tradition, the venerable, the awful. I despised sophisters and calculators; I was groping for faith, honor, and prescriptive loyalties. I would have given any number of neo-classical pediments for one poor battered gargoyle.” GivenPerfectPoorNumbersMysteryColdHonorTraditionOrganizationHarmonyLoyaltyAwfulVarietyDespisedRegularityBatteredGargoylesCalculators Book:The Essential Russell Kirk: Selected Essays Source: The Essential Russell Kirk: Selected Essays
“To be conservative, then, is to prefer the familiar to the unknown, to prefer the tried to the untried, fact to mystery, the actual to the possible, the limited to the unbounded, the near to the distant, the sufficient to the superabundant, the convenient to the perfect, present laughter to utopian bliss.” FactsPerfectMysteryLaughterConservativeFamiliarBlissSufficientConservatismConvenientUtopian Author:Michael Joseph Oakeshott
“I reminded myself: when a book lies unopened it might contain anything in the world, anything imaginable. It therefore, in that pregnant moment before opening, contains everything. Every possibility, both perfect and putrid. Surely such mysteries are the most enticing things You grant us in this mortal mere -- the fruit in the garden, too, was like this. Unknown, and therefore infinite. Eve and her mate swallowed eternity, every possible thing, and made the world between them.” WorldMadeBookMomentsMightLyingPerfectMysteryPossibilityGardenEternityInfiniteMereFruitOpeningMortalsGrantsMatesPregnantEnticing Author:Catherynne M. Valente
“Suspense is like a woman. The more left to the imagination, the more the excitement. ... The conventional big-bosomed blonde is not mysterious. And what could be more obvious than the old black velvet and pearls type? The perfect ‘woman of mystery’ is one who is blonde, subtle and Nordic. ... Although I do not profess to be an authority on women, I fear that the perfect title [for a movie], like the perfect woman is difficult to find.” BigsLeftDifficultBlackImaginationPerfectMysteryTypeAuthorityObviousMysteriousSuspenseTitlesExcitementSubtleConventionalPearlsBlondeVelvetPerfect WomanNordic Author:Alfred Hitchcock
“Elric knew that everything that existed had its opposite. In danger he might find peace. And yet, of course, in peace there was danger. Being an imperfect creature in an imperfect world he would always know paradox. And that was why in paradox there was always a kind of truth. That was why philosophers and soothsayers flourished. In a perfect world there would be no place for them. In an imperfect world the mysteries were always without solution and that was why there was always a great choice of solutions.” KnowsWorldKindMightWould BeChoicesCoursesPeacePerfectMysteryDangerCreaturesSolutionsOppositesPhilosopherParadoxImperfectFinding PeaceA Perfect WorldImperfect World Book:Duke Elric Source: Duke Elric