Best Mysticism Lines

183 Mysticism quotes by 125 unique authors

We must select the illusion which appeals to our temperament, and embrace it with passion, if we want to be happy. — Cyril Connolly
Resignation, not mystic, not detached, but resignation open-eyed, conscious, and informed by love, is the only one of our feelings for which it is impossible… — Joseph Conrad
Liking money like I like it, is nothing less than mysticism. Money is a glory. — Salvador Dali
Mysticism is the mistake of an accidental and individual symbol for an universal one. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Many of my fellow atheists consider all talk of 'spirituality' or 'mysticism' to be synonymous with mental illness, conscious fraud, or self-deception. I have argued… — Sam Harris
Every man is more than just himself; he also represents the unique, the very special and always significant and remarkable point at which the world's… — Hermann Hesse
The new meaning of soul is creativity and mysticism. These will become the foundation of the new psychological type and with him or her will… — Otto Rank
Night, the beloved. Night, when words fade and things come alive. When the destructive analysis of day is done, and all that is truly important… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Wit is the appearance, the external flash of imagination. Thus its divinity, and the witty character of mysticism. — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
I read all of Rider Haggard's books. For me he had the romance of Africa with a little bit of mysticism. I'm delighted to be… — Wilbur Smith
What does mysticism really mean? It means the way to attain knowledge. It's close to philosophy, except in philosophy you go horizontally while in mysticism… — Elie Wiesel
I'll tell you what: I believe mysticism is a very serious endeavor. One must be equipped for it. — Elie Wiesel
In my tradition, one must wait until one has learned a lot of Bible and Talmud and the Prophets to handle mysticism. This isn't instant… — Elie Wiesel
Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses but the soul. — Oscar Wilde
There are no differences but differences of degree between different degrees of difference and no difference. — William James
The eye through which I see God is the same eye through which God sees me; my eye and God's eye are one eye, one… — Meister Eckhart
A beautiful woman looking at her image in the mirror may very well believe the image is herself. An ugly woman knows it is not. — Simone Weil
What I see in Nature is a magnificent structure that we can comprehend only very imperfectly, and that must fill a thinking person with a… — Albert Einstein
The whole secret of mysticism is this: that man can understand everything by the help of something he cannot understand. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
A priest once quoted to me the Roman saying that a religion is dead when the priests laugh at each other across the altar. I… — Alan Watts
We got through all of Genesis and part of Exodus before I left. One of the main things I was taught from this was not… — Stephen Hawking
My religion is nature. That’s what arouses those feelings of wonder and mysticism and gratitude in me. — Oliver Sacks
He examined the chess problem and set out the pieces. It was a tricky ending, involving a couple of knights. 'White to play and mate… — George Orwell
Love's mysteries in souls do grow, But yet the body is his book. — John Donne
Do you not think that there are things which you cannot understand, and yet which are; that some people see things that others cannot? But… — Bram Stoker

Who Wrote These Mysticism Quotes

125 authors contributed a total of 183 Mysticism Quotes, led by these top contributors:

Best Mysticism Lines

More Ways to Read Mysticism Quotes

Who Wrote These Mysticism Quotes