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.

If you want my opinion on the mystery of life and all that, I can give it to you in a nutshell: the universe is like a safe to which there is a key. But the key is locked up in the safe. Peter De Vries
When I was young, I said to God, "God, tell me the mystery of the universe." But God answered, "That knowledge is for me alone." So I said, "God, tell me the mystery of the peanut." Then God said, "Well, George, that's more nearly your size." George Washington Carver
There is a possibility in human minds of something mysterious as the night-wind, deep as the sea, calm as the stars, and strong as death, a mystic contemplation, and the "intellectual love of God." Bertrand Russell
It began in mystery, and it will end in mystery, but what a savage and beautiful country lies in between. Diane Ackerman
She has seen the mystery hid / Under Egypt's pyramid: / By those eyelids pale and close / Now she knows what Rhamses knows. Elizabeth Barrett Browning
The deeds of God and the smile of a dog, one does not understand. Oromo Proverb
In most areas of life, the less you say, the more profound and mysterious you appear. Robert Greene
The librarians were mysterious. It was said they could tell what book you needed just by looking at you, and they could take your voice away with a word. Terry Pratchett
Their (plants) infinite variety is a constant source of fascination and curiosity, and to learn more about their mysterious ways is to tap into the gathered wisdom of the natural world. Matt Rees-Warren
No dignity is perfect which does not at some point ally itself with the mysterious. Algernon Blackwood