“How do you calculate upon the unforeseen? It seems to be an art of recognizing the role of the unforeseen, of keeping your balance amid surprises, of collaborating with chance, of recognizing that there are some essential mysteries in the world and thereby a limit to calculation, to plan, to control. To calculate on the unforeseen is perhaps exactly the paradoxical operation that life most requires of us.” WorldArtSeemsChanceRolesPlansMysteryBalanceLimitsEssentialsSurpriseOperationsRecognizingCalculationsParadoxicalCollaboratingUnforeseen Author:Rebecca Solnit
“We never know through what Divine mysteries of compensation the great Father of the universe may be carrying out His sublime plan; but those three words, "God is love" ought to contain, to every doubting soul, the solution of all things.” KnowsMaySoulGodUniverseThreeFatherDoubtPlansMysteryDivineOughtSolutionsAll ThingsSublimeCompensationGod Is LoveThree WordsGreat Father Author:Dinah Maria Murlock Craik
“Alas the Master; so he sinks in death. But whoso knows the mystery of man Sees life and death as curves of the same plan” KnowsMenPlansMysteryMastersLife And DeathCurvesAlas Author:Aleister Crowley
“The human being of all times prays because he cannot fail to wonder about the meaning of his life, which remains obscure and discomforting of it is not put in relations to the mystery of God and if his plan for the world.” IfsWorldHumansHuman BeingsWonderPlansFailingMysteryPrayingRelationRemainsAll TimeObscureMystery Of God Book:A School of Prayer Source: A School of Prayer
“Sierra felt full of hope and confidence in God. She knew who she was. And she knew Whose she was. Whatever mysterious plan God had for her life, it would be an interesting one. As Christy had said earlier, God writes a different story for each person. Sierra decided hers might not be a bestseller or even a thriller. It certainly wasn't a romance. But it was turning into a fine mystery. And she could live with that.” WritingPersonsSaidDifferentStoriesMightWould BeRomanceFeltInterestingPlansMysteryFineDecidedGods WillMysteriousThrillersConfidence In GodSierraChristy Miller Book:With this Ring Source: With this Ring
“At night, the house thick with sleep, she would peer out her bedroom window at the trees and sky and feel the presence of a mystery. Some possibility that included her--separate from her present life and without its limitations. A secret. Riding in the car with her father, she would look out at other cars full of people she'd never seen, any one of whom she might someday meet and love, and would feel the world holding her making its secret plans.” PeopleWorldFeelsLooksMightNightFatherHouseSleepSecretPlansMysteryTreeSkyCarPossibilityWindowAnd LoveLimitationSomedayThickRidingBedroomPeersPresent Life Book:Look at Me: A Novel Source: Look at Me: A Novel
“He nodded toward the sub. "This is going to be a blow-off day." I dragged my mind away from magical intrigue. After being homeschooled for most of my life, some parts of the "normal" school world was a mystery. "What does that mean, exactly." "Usually teacher leave subs a lesson plan, telling them what to do. I saw Ms. Terwilliger left. It said, 'Distract them.” WorldMindMeanDoeSaidSchoolLeftSawsTeacherPlansMysteryLessonsNormalBlowIntrigue Author:Richelle Mead