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> [The mystics always say that the experience they're talking about is ineffable, that you can't say it. Rumi was asked one time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/coleman-barks/the-mystics-always-say-that-the-experience-they-re-talking-about-is/)

[Coleman Barks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/coleman-barks/)

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> [The medieval mystics say the true image and the true real met once and for all on the cross: once and for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/the-medieval-mystics-say-the-true-image-and-the-true-real-met-once/)

[Madeleine L'Engle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-l-engle/)

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> [Our destiny is to be so intimately united with God that, as the mystics say, we not only see God's face but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-kreeft/our-destiny-is-to-be-so-intimately-united-with-god-that-as-the/)

[Peter Kreeft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-kreeft/)

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> [Religions are founded by what mystics say when they come back; but what the mystics say is not the same as what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ram-dass/religions-are-founded-by-what-mystics-say-when-they-come-back-but/)

[Ram Dass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ram-dass/)

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> [“Live joyfully this life. Once gone, who knows if we ever get it back. Atheists think we do not. Mystics say you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fakeer-ishavardas/live-joyfully-this-life-once-gone-who-knows-if-we-ever-get-it-back/)

[Fakeer Ishavardas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fakeer-ishavardas/)

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