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“The more the merely human part of the poet remains a mystery, the more willing is the reverence given to his divine mission.”

Humans Given Mystery Divine Willing Poet Remains Missions Reverence

Author:Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

“It is amazing where God will take you when you are willing to follow. Life is full of surprises when we choose mystery over security.”

Life Is Mystery Security Willing Surprise Gods Will Life Is Full Of Surprises

Author:Erwin McManus

“The priest, realistically considered, is the most immoral of men, for he is always willing to sacrifice every other sort of good to the one good of his arcanum - the vague body of mysteries that he calls the truth.”

Men Body Sacrifice Mystery Atheism Willing Positive Atheism Priests Vague Immoral

Author:H. L. Mencken

“Happy indeed the poet of whom, like Orpheus, nothing is known but an immortal name! Happy next, perhaps, the poet of whom, like Homer, nothing is known but the immortal works. The more the merely human part of the poet remains a mystery, the more willing is the reverence given to his divine mission.”

Humans Next Names Given Known Mystery Divine Willing Poet Fame Remains Missions Immortal Reverence Orpheus

Author:Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

“When you stand in your own authority, based in your own direct experience, you meet that ultimate mystery that you are. Even though it may be at first unsettling to look into your own no-thingness, you do it anyway. Why? Because you no longer want to suffer. Because you're willing to be disturbed. You're willing to be amazed. You're willing to be surprised. You're willing to realize that maybe everything you've ever thought about yourself really isn't true.”

Want Firsts Looks May Suffering Realizing Mystery Willing Authority Direct Ultimate About Yourself Amazed Disturbed

Book:Falling into Grace: Insights on the End of Suffering

Source: Falling into Grace: Insights on the End of Suffering

“The fundamental difference between the mystery story and the ghost story is the fact that a mystery demands a solution for its effectiveness; a ghost story is necessarily unsolvable; the reader must be willing to accept the fact that nothing is proved.”

Facts Stories Differences Accepting Mystery Willing Reader Demand Solutions Fundamentals Ghost Effectiveness Ghost Stories

Author:Bennett Cerf

“Still, what I want in my life is to be willing to be dazzled-to cast aside the weight of facts and maybe even to float a little above this difficult world. I want to believe I am looking into the white fire of a great mystery. I want to believe that the imperfections are nothing-that the light is everything-that it is more than the sum of each flawed blossom rising and fading. And I do.”

World Want Believe Littles Stills Facts Light Life Is Difficult White Fire Mystery Willing Weight Casts Rising Imperfection Floats Flawed Fading

Book:New and Selected Poems, Volume One

Source: New and Selected Poems, Volume One

“We must be willing to fail and to appreciate the truth that often "Life is not a problem to be solved, but a mystery to be lived.”

Life Problem Motivational Life Is Change Failing Mystery Willing Appreciate Appreciation

Author:M. Scott Peck

“The past was nothing to her; offered no lesson which she was willing to heed. The future was a mystery which she never attempted to penetrate. The present alone was significant.”

Past Mystery Willing Lessons Awakening Significant Penetrate Heed

Book:The Awakening

Source: The Awakening

“Those who are willing to be vulnerable move among mysteries.”

Moving Spirit Religion Spirituality Mystery Willing Vulnerable Gardening

Book:Straw for the Fire: From the Notebooks of Theodore Roethke, 1943-63

Source: Straw for the Fire: From the Notebooks of Theodore Roethke, 1943-63