“A religious belief is not a statement about Reality, but a hint, a clue about something that is a mystery, beyond the grasp of human thought. In short, a religious belief is only a finger pointing to the moon. Some religious people never get beyond the study of the finger. Others are engaged in sucking it. Others yet use the finger to gouge their eyes out. These are the bigots whom religion has made blind. Rare indeed is the religionist who is sufficiently detached from the finger to see what it is indicating - these are those who, having gone beyond belief, are taken for blasphemers.” PeopleHumansMadeUseRealityEyeBeliefReligiousGoneStudyTakenMysteryMoonBlindFingersStatementsEngagedCluePointingHintsDetachedReligious BeliefBigotsHuman ThoughtPointing Fingers Author:Anthony de Mello
“The quote is always fascinating because it changes out of context, becomes different and sometimes more mysterious. It has a directness and assertiveness it may not have had in the original. I think the quality of inaccessibility, the mystery, is important - that whatever matters can't be taken in on just one reading or one seeing. This is certainly a quality of the little of art that lasts.” ThinkingMayLittlesArtImportantDifferentSometimesMatterLastsReadingQualityTakenSeeingMysteryOriginalsMysteriousJust OneFascinatingAssertivenessOf Context Author:Susan Sontag
“Part of the mystery of any given photograph is the fact that it was taken at a certain time and in a certain place and time keeps moving on. A photograph might be a moment in time preserved, but the world continues to change around it.” WorldMomentsFactsMightMovingCertainGivenTakenMysteryPhotographKeep MovingMoments In TimePlace And Time Author:Errol Morris
“Traditional murder mysteries are interesting because they're ostensibly about a horrible thing - murder - but underneath that, they're about restoring order to a messed-up world. By the end of a whodunit, the detective has taken the reader through all the reasons why this terrible thing happened. Through that explanation, and by seeing the killer captured, the reader feels a sense of catharsis.” WorldReasonInterestingTakenMysteryTerribleMurderThings HappenHorribleExplanation Author:Malinda Lo
“Often I feel I go to some distant region of the world to be reminded of who I really am. There is no mystery about why this should be so. Stripped of your ordinary surroundings, your friends, your daily routines, your refrigerator full of your food, your closet full of your clothes -- with all this taken away, you are forced into direct experience. Such direct experience inevitably makes you aware of who it is that is having the experience. That's not always comfortable, but it is always invigorating.” WorldFeelsShouldTakenMysteryComfortableClothesOrdinaryDirectExperienceRegionsClosetsSurroundingsRefrigeratorsInvigoratingDaily Routines Book:Travels Source: Travels
“The man who believes that the secrets of the world are forever hidden lives in mystery and fear. Superstition will drag him down. The rain will erode the deeds of his life. But that man who sets himself the task of singling out the thread of order from the tapestry will by the decision alone have taken charge of the world and it is only by such taking charge that he will effect a way to dictate the terms of his own fate.” MenWorldWayBelieveOrderFearTermDecisionSecretForeverTakenFateMysteryEffectsRainTasksDeedsDragSuperstitionsThreadTapestryErodeTaking Charge Book:Blood Meridian: Picador Classic Source: Blood Meridian: Picador Classic