Philosophy Quote by Alfred North Whitehead

“All mysteries which lead theory to mysticism find their rational solution in human practice and in the comprehension of this practice.”

— Karl Marx

“…mysticism –perhaps the main aberration of the human mind.”

— Arthur C. Clarke

“For mysticism proper - as distinguished from philosophical theory or vague feeling or literary pleasure - is a practical thing, something more than a…

— Fr. Augustine Baker

“Now the history of philosophy shows that religious belief which is primarily mystical may very well be compatible with a pronounced sense of reality…

— Max Weber

“Even a great philosophical idea when mixed with mysticism, turns into a dangerous weapon that becomes an impediment in the path of progress of…

— Abhijit Naskar

Mysticism occurs whenever a human being sees the separation between the natural and the supernatural, between the temporal and the eternal, as overcome.

— Albert Schweitzer

“Rationality is simply mysticism misunderstood.”

— Peter Kingsley

Mysticism is the acceptance that everything cannot be logically explained.

— Frederick Lenz

“I must confess that most modern mysticism seems to me to be simply a method of imparting useless knowledge in a form that no…

— Oscar Wilde

Mysticism is the idea that direct knowledge of God or ultimate reality is achieved through personal, subjective intuition or experience apart from, or even…

— John Macarthur

A religion without mystics is a philosophy.

— Quintilian

Mysticism is the passionate longing of the soul for God.

— Evelyn Underhill