“Spirit is matter seen in a stronger light. What else did Malebranche mean when he spoke of "seeing all things in God"? Existence is a mystery because the light of it is inexhaustible.” MeanMatterLightSpiritExistenceSeeingMysteryAll ThingsStrongerSpokesGod Exists Author:L. P. Jacks
“What the Latins have done in this text (1 John v, 7) the Greeks have done to Paul (1 Tim. iii, 16). They now read, "Great is the mystery of godliness; God manifest in the flesh"; whereas all the churches for the first four or five hundred years, and the authors of all the ancient versions, Jerome as well as the rest, read, "Great is the mystery of godliness, which was manifest in the flesh." Our English version makes it yet a little stronger. It reads, "Great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh."” YearsFirstsWellsLittlesDoneChurchFiveFourMysteryAtheismHundredStrongerAncientPositive AtheismFleshVersionsGreekLatinManifestGodliness Author:Isaac Newton
“Well, here he was. They could save each other, the way the poets promised lovers should. He was mystery, he was darkness, he was all she had dreamed of. And if she would only free him he would service her - oh yes - until her pleasure reached that threshold that, like all thresholds, was a place where the strong grew stronger, and the weak perished. Pleasure was pain there, and vice versa. And he knew it well enough to call it home.” IfsWayShouldWellsEnoughHomePainStrongPleasureDarknessMysteryPoetGrewLoversWeakStrongerVicesVice VersaThreshold Book:The Hellbound Heart Source: The Hellbound Heart
“He was a mystery to her, and every time she tried to solve him it caused her a little more pain. But when she tired to give him up he pursued her in her thoughts, stronger each time.” GivingLittlesRunningPainMysteryStrongerTiredSolveEnvyPursued Author:Anna Godbersen
“Why are murder mysteries so popular? There's a 3-part "formula" (if you want to call it that) for a genre novel: (1) Someone the reader likes and relates to (2) overcomes increasingly difficult obstacles (3) to reach an important goal. The more important the goal, the stronger the novel. And the most important goal that any of us have is survival. That's why murder mysteries are more gripping than a story titled "Who Stole My TV Set.” IfsWantImportantStoriesDifficultGoalNovelMysteryTvsReaderSurvivalOvercomingMurderStrongerObstaclesLikesRelateGenreFormulasGrippingMurder Mysteries Author:Lois Duncan
“In spite of death, he felt the need of life and love. He felt that love saved him from despair, and that this love, under the menace of despair, had become still stronger and purer. The one mystery of death, still unsolved, had scarcely passed before his eyes, when another mystery had arisen, as insoluble, urging him to love and to life.” NeedsStillsEyeFeltMysteryDespairAnd LoveStrongerSavedHis EyesSpiteLife And LoveMenaceMystery Of Death Book:Anna Karenina (World Classics, Unabridged) Source: Anna Karenina (World Classics, Unabridged)