“If God does not open and explain Holy Writ, no one can understand it; it will remain a closed book, enveloped in darkness.”

“Freedom - that word that the human spirit feeds: that no one can explain, and anyone who does not understand.”

“If you can read in the night time, you will open closed books! Mystery is an open book to you if you can open your eyes of understanding wide enough to behold the unvarnished truth that excites something to write home about; read and improve your life, lead and get lives better.”

“Kept talking about how she's studying every holy book she can get her hands on, aiming to understand God's word. I quoted St. Augustine to her. 'If you understand it, it isn't God.' Gave her a cup of chamomile tea.”

“I would rather walk every day in the darkness with a God who remains a mystery to me than in the light with a God I completely understand.”

“In the Christian context, we do not mean by a "mystery" merely that which is baffling and mysterious, an enigma or insoluble problem. A mystery is, on the contrary, something that is revealed for our understanding, but which we never understand exhaustively because it leads into the depth or the darkness of God. The eyes are closed—but they are also opened.”