No object is mysterious. The mystery is your eye. – Elizabeth Bowen, The House in Paris, 1935
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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
An apology for the Devil: It must be remembered that we have only heard one side of the case. God has written all the books. – Samuel Butler, Note-Books
A little grit in the eye destroyeth the sight of the very heavens, and a little malice or envy a world of joys. One wry principle in the mind is of infinite consequence. – Thomas Traherne
Example moves the world more than doctrine. The great exemplars are the poets of action, and it makes little difference whether they be forces for good or forces for evil. – Henry Miller
When an individual is protesting societys refusal to acknowledge his dignity as a human being, his very act of protest confers dignity on him. – Bayard Rustin
