Big emotions that are unexplained are really scary. At least to me.
Of course that is not the whole story, but that is the way with stories; we make them what we will. It's a way of explaining the universe while leaving the universe unexplained, it's a way of keeping it all alive, not boxing it into time.
As long as we do science, some things will always remain unexplained.
Myths hook and bind the mind because at the same time they set the mind free: they explain the universe while allowing the universe to go on being unexplained; and we seem to need this even now, in our twentieth-century grandeur.
For some unexplained reason, it's always the other end of the table that's wild and raucous, with screaming laughter and a fella who plays 'Holiday for Strings' on water glasses.
I've always been interested in miracles, or the miraculous of the unexplained. I don't scoff at what makes people believe or want to believe. I think I understand the tremendous attraction of the mysteries of the church to the same degree that I understand and appreciate the frustration people feel, especially believers, with the human rule-making arm of the church, with the not-miraculous part of the church - any church.
Papa continually emphasizes how much remains unexplained. With the other psychoanalytic writers, everything is always so known and fixed.
Unexplained noises are best left unexplained.
Everyone has a side to them that's kind of unexplained and feels misunderstood.
In my experience when critics raise these objections, they invariably violate one of seventeen principles for interpreting the Scriptures. . . . For example, assuming the unexplained is unexplainable. . . . failing to understand the context of the passage. . . . assuming a partial report is a false report. . . neglecting to interpret difficult passages in light of clear ones; basing a teaching on an obscure passage; forgetting that the Bible uses nontechnical, everyday language; failing to remember the Bible uses different literary devices.
As the number of unexplained, irreducibly complex biological systems increases, our confidence that Darwin's criterion of failure has been met skyrockets toward the maximum that science allows.
Giving frees us from the familiar territory of our own needs by opening our mind to the unexplained worlds occupied by the needs of others.
Confusion is the best form of communication. It's left to be unexplained.
The person who will give you unexplained happiness, will also be the reason for your unexplained sadness.
Without faith you can't see a miracle; you just see unexplained events.
