Quote#Wisdom
You do not mean by mystery what a Catholic does. You mean an…
Quote byGerard Manley Hopkins · 1844–1889
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Letters, etc, Letter to Robert Bridges (24 October 1883).
English (original)
You do not mean by mystery what a Catholic does. You mean an interesting uncertainty: the uncertainty ceasing, interest ceases also... But a Catholic by mystery means an incomprehensible certainty: without certainty, without formulation there is no interest;... the clearer the formulation the greater the interest.
— Gerard Manley Hopkins
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