66 Mystery Quotes to Embrace the Unknown and Spark Your Imagination

Liputan6.com, Jakarta - In a world where daily routines take over, the mysterious side of life often gets forgotten. But there's great wisdom and wonder in mystery quotes.

These mystery quotes are like pieces of a puzzle. They encourage us to explore the unknown and think about things beyond what we can see and understand. They help us appreciate the beauty of life's mysteries.

In this collection, we'll explore mystery quotes from writers, thinkers, and creative minds who weren't afraid to think deeply about life's big questions. Let's check out some mystery quotes to inspire your mind, compiled from numerous sources, on Friday (30/1/2026).

1. "Russia is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma." - Winston Churchill, 1874-1965, British Prime Minister, Nobel 1953

2. "Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is God's gift, that's why we call it the present." - Joan Rivers

3. "There's a reason for everything, you said, and though it's a mystery to me now, I know it won't always be so." - Ben Sherwood

4. "Be discreet in all things, and so render it unnecessary to be mysterious." — Duke of Wellington

5. "The mysterious is always attractive. People will always follow a vail." — Bede Jarrett

6. "Mystery is not profoundness." — Charles Caleb Colton

7. "Everything unknown seems magnificent." — Tacitus

8. "No object is mysterious. The mystery is your eye." — Elizabeth Bowen

9. "Mysteries abound where most we seek for answers." — Ray Bradbury

10. "It's mysterious what attracts you to a person." — Jeff Goldblum

11. "You always admire what you really don't understand." — Blaise Pascal

12. "The mystery of man is that woman can love him." — Henry de Montherlant

13. "The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery." — Francis Bacon

14. "Mystery is at the heart of creativity. That, and surprise." — Julia Cameron

15. "Life is just a bowl of cherries, don't take it serious, its mysterious." — Bob Fosse

16. "The greatest mystery the universe offers is not life by size." — Stephen King

17. "The best secrets are the most twisted." - Sara Shepard, 'Twisted'.

18. "I find the family the most mysterious and fascinating institution in the world." — Amos Oz

19. "Mystery creates wonder, and wonder is the basis of man's desire to understand." — Neil Armstrong

20. "I am as mysterious to myself as I am mysterious to others." — Leonora Carrington

21. "Where there is mystery, it is generally suspected there must also be evil." — Lord Byron

22. "The mystery of love is greater than the mystery of death." — Oscar Wilde, 1854-1900, Irish writer

23. "The supernatural is the natural not yet understood." — Elbert Hubbard, 1856-1915, American writer

24. "It is the dim haze of mystery that adds enchantment to pursuit." -Antoine Rivarol.

25. "I never tell anyone exactly how clever I am. They would be too scared." — Eoin Colfer

26. "The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion that stands at the cradle of true art and true science." - Albert Einstein, 'The World As I See It'.

27. "The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existence. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this mystery each day." - Albert Einstein, 'LIFE Magazine (2 May 1955)'.

28. "The more unintelligent a man is, the less mysterious existence seems to him." — Arthur Schopenhauer, 1788-1860, German philosopher

29. "In the universe, there are things that are known, and things that are unknown, and in between, there are doors." — William Blake, 1757-1827, English poet & painter

30. "The universe is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper." — Eden Phillpotts

31. "The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is comprehensible." — Albert Einstein, 1879-1955, German-Jewish physicist

32. "Often the hands will solve a mystery that the intellect has struggled with in vain." — Carl Gustav Jung

33. "A garden must combine the poetic and the mysterious with a feeling of serenity and joy." — Luis Barragan

34. "Mysteries are not to be solved. They eye goes blind when it only wants to see why."— William Blake, 1757-1827, English poet & painter

35. "Margo always loved mysteries. And in everything that came afterward, I could never stop thinking that maybe she loved mysteries so much that she became one." - John Green, 'Paper Towns'.

36. "Inspiration is some mysterious blessing which happens when the wheels are turning smoothly." — Quentin Blake

37. "It began in mystery, and it will end in mystery, but what a savage and beautiful country lies in between." - Diane Ackerman.

38. "The mystery of life isn't a problem to solve, but a reality to experience." - Frank Herbert.

39. "As we acquire more knowledge, things do not become more comprehensible, but more mysterious." - Albert Schweitzer.

40. "Where there is mystery, it is generally suspected there must also be evil." — Lord Byron, 1788-1824, British poet

41. "Mystery creates wonder and wonder is the basis of man's desire to understand."- Neil Armstrong.

42. "As we acquire more knowledge, things do not become more comprehensible, but more mysterious." — Albert Schweitzer

43. "Mystery is a resource, like coal or gold, and its preservation is a fine thing." - Tim Cahill.

44. "Without mysteries, life would be very dull indeed. What would be left to strive for if everything were known?" - Charles De Lint.

45. "We have to stop and be humble enough to understand that there is something called mystery." - Paulo Coelho

46. "In the universe, there are things that are known, and things that are unknown, and in between there are doors." — William Blake

47. "The ultimate mystery is one's own self." - Sammy Davis Jr.

48. "Understanding can overcome any situation, however mysterious or insurmountable it may appear to be." — Norman Vincent Peale

49. "Without mysteries, life would be very dull indeed. What would be left to strive for if everything were known?" — Charles de Lint

50. "It's mysterious what attracts you to a person." - Jeff Goldblum.

51. "The mystical is not how the world is, but that it is." — Ludwig Wittgenstein, 1889-1951, Austrian philosopher

52. "It is impossible to predict the time and progress of revolution. It is governed by its own more or less mysterious laws." — Vladimir Lenin

53. "The mystery is the essence of divinity." - Zora Neale Hurston.

54. "Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time." - Marthe Troly-Curtin.

55. "Success is neither magical nor mysterious. Success is the natural consequence of consistently applying the basic fundamentals." — Jim Rohn

56. "A naked body is the only extension of the imaginary line that unites us with the unknown." — Odysseas Elytis, 1911-1996, Greek poet, Nobel 1979

57. "There is a mysterious cycle in human events. To some generations, much is given. Of other generations much is expected." — Franklin D. Roosevelt

58. "Time is an illusion." - Albert Einstein.

59. "A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life." - Charles Darwin.

60. "People love mystery, and that is why they love my paintings." — Salvador Dali, 1904-1989, Spanish painter

61. " The mystery turns to dust if unskillful hands unroll the papyrus." — Nicolas Gomez Davila, 1913-1994, Colombian writer

62. "If people sat outside and looked at the stars each night, I bet they'd live a lot differently." - Bill Watterson.

63. "All great art is the work of the whole living creature, body and soul, and chiefly of the soul." - John Ruskin.

64. "I wish I could write as mysterious as a cat." — Edgar Allan Poe, 1809-1849, American writer

65. "Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not, and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad." — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

66. "Liking money as I like it is nothing less than mysticism. Money is a glory." - Salvador Dali.