4 Jorge Luis Borges Quotes on Mystery

Jorge Luis Borges quotes on mystery

51. I owe the discovery of Uqbar to the conjunction of a mirror and an encyclopedia.

83. 'It's possible, but not interesting,' Lonnrot answered. 'You will reply that reality hasn't the slightest need to be of interest. And I'll answer you that reality may avoid the obligation to be interesting, but that hypotheses may not. In the hypothesis you have postulated, chance intervenes largely. Here lies a dead rabbi; I should prefer a purely rabbinical explanation; not the imaginary mischances of an imaginary robber.'

107. Cabe ir mas lejos; cabe sospechar que no hay universo en el sentido organico, unificador, que tiene esa ambiciosa palabra. Si lo hay, falta conjeturar su proposito; falta conjeturar las palabras, las definiciones, las etimologias, las sinonimias, del secreto diccionario de Dios.

127. He sospechado alguna vez que la unica cosa sin misterio es la felicidad, porque se justifica por si sola.