The moment at which music reveals its true nature is contained in the ancient exercise of the theme with variations. The complete mystery of music is explained right there.
Pierre Schaeffer

The mystery is what prompted men to leave caves, to come out of the womb of nature.
Stephen Gardiner

The mystery of existence is the connection between our faults and our misfortunes.
Madame de Stael

The mystery of government is not how Washington works but how to make it stop.
P. J. O'Rourke

The mystery of that damn virus has been generated by the $2 billion a year they spend on it.
Kary Mullis

The mystery of the beginning of all things is insoluble by us; and I for one must be content to remain an agnostic.
Charles Darwin

The only mystery in life is why the kamikaze pilots wore helmets.
Al McGuire

The possession of knowledge does not kill the sense of wonder and mystery. There is always more mystery.
Anais Nin

The promos with all of the beautiful women probably attracted some men, but the mystery story line is pretty cool. It's got that dark edge, and people will watch anything funny.
James Denton

The reproduction of mankind is a great marvel and mystery. Had God consulted me in the matter, I should have advised him to continue the generation of the species by fashioning them out of clay.
Martin Luther

The thing I wonder about is where does Brian's creative spark come from? Not his subjects or anything, but his spark. What makes it so great for me is that I really don't know. There's a mystery behind Brian, even to me.
Dennis Wilson

The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.
Oscar Wilde

The ultimate aim of all science to penetrate the unknown. Do you realize we know less about the earth we live on than about the stars and the galaxies of outer space? The greatest mystery is right here, right under our feet.
Walter Reisch

The ultimate mystery is one's own self.
Sammy Davis, Jr.

The union of the Word and the Mind produces that mystery which is called Life... Learn deeply of the Mind and its mystery, for therein lies the secret of immortality.
Joseph Addison

The whole mystery of temptation is to have sins suggested to us, and to be swept after them by a sudden enthusiasm, which sometimes feels as strong as the Spirit of God ever made in us the enthusiasm for virtue.
George A. Smith

The workings of the human heart are the profoundest mystery of the universe. One moment they make us despair of our kind, and the next we see in them the reflection of the divine image.
Charles W. Chesnutt

There are still so many places on our planet that remain unexplored. I'd love to one day peel back the mystery and understand them.
Annie Leibovitz

There can be no prestige without mystery, for familiarity breeds contempt.
Charles de Gaulle

There is no greater mystery to me than that of light traveling through darkness.
Alexander Volkov