Mysterious Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old mysterious quotes, mysterious sayings, and mysterious proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.

Quiet people always know more than they seem. Although very normal, their inner world is by default fronted mysterious and therefore assumed weird. Never underestimate the social awareness and sense of reality in a quiet person; they are some of the most observant, absorbent persons of all. Criss Jami
And what is not there is always more than there. Ruth Stone
Like an ocean, life is deep, but we are just floating on the surface. Michael Bassey Johnson
The moment one gives close attention to any thing, even a blade of grass it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself. Henry Miller
Be extremely subtle, even to the point of formlessness. Be extremely mysterious, even to the point of soundlessness. Thereby you can be the director of the opponent's fate. Sun Tzu
Inspiration is some mysterious blessing which happens when the wheels are turning smoothly. Quentin Blake
Mysterious love, uncertain treasure, hast thou more of pain or pleasure! Endless torments dwell about thee: Yet who would live, and live without thee! Joseph Addison
I wish I could write as mysterious as a cat. Edgar Allan Poe
Nature is always mysterious and secret in her use of means; and art is always likest her when it is most inexplicable. John Ruskin
Our minds are mysterious; our conscious brain is like a ship on a sea that is obscure to us. Meghan O'Rourke
The possession of knowledge does not kill the sense of wonder and mystery. There is always more mystery. Anais Nin
Curiosity being one of the forms of self-revelation, a systematically incurious person remains always partly mysterious. Joseph Conrad
The more unintelligent a man is, the less mysterious existence seems to him. Arthur Schopenhauer
The face is the most important and mysterious surface we deal with. Daniel McNeill
As we acquire more knowledge, things do not become more comprehensible, but more mysterious. Albert Schweitzer
Let your approach to knowledge be without fear, for God wills to reveal himself, and his revelation is mysterious only because it is infinite. Northrop Frye
The LORD works in mysterious ways. William Cowper
At the same time that we are earnest to explore and learn new things, we require that all things be mysterious and unexplorable, that land and sea be infinitely wild, unsurveyed and unfathomed by us because unfathomable. Henry David Thoreau
Each time dawn appears, the mystery is there in its entirety. René Daumal
As I make my slow pilgrimage through the world, a certain sense of beautiful mystery seems to gather and grow. A. C. Benson
India! What mysteries does the very mention of its name not bring to mind? Robert Benchley
Life is for giving, so give of your best. Keep nothing back and your days will be blessed. Give time and give money, give thanks and give praise. It will return in mysterious ways. Patience Strong
A Religion without mystery is an absurdity. Henry Drummond
There is a mysterious cycle in human events. To some generations much is given. Of others much is expected. This generation of Americans has a rendezvous with destiny. Franklin D. Roosevelt
Our credulity is greatest concerning the things we know least about. And since we know least about ourselves, we are ready to believe all that is said about us. Hence the mysterious power of both flattery and calumny. Eric Hoffer
The concepts most familiar to us are often the most mysterious. Etienne Klein
Penetrating so many secrets, we cease to believe in the Unknowable. But there it sits, nevertheless, calmly licking its chops. H. L. Mencken
Something unknown is doing we don't know what. Sir Arthur Eddington
It is the unknown that excites the ardor of scholars, who, in the known alone, would shrivel up with boredom. Wallace Stevens
People love mystery and that is why they love my paintings. Salvador Dali