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

It is sometimes said that the tragedy of an artist's life is that he cannot realize his ideal. But the true tragedy that dogs the steps of most artists is that they realize their ideal too absolutely. For, when the ideal is realized, it is robbed of its wonder and its mystery, and becomes simply a new starting point for an ideal that is other than itself. This is why music is the perfect type of art. Music can never reveal its ultimate secret.

The reason we all like to think so well of others is that we're all afraid for ourselves

The commonest thing is delightful if only one hides it.

There is no Mystery so great as Misery.