Books Quote by Edward Abbey

Wonder is a very subtle, precious emotion, often lost in the gross hustle and bustle of modern life. When we feel wonder, we are…

— Doug Henning

“Great stories give us the grace of a mystical experience, on the level of the imagination.”

— Peter Kreeft

“The strange thing about magic is how easily one can feel familiar with it. Much like a dream, its message can infill the senses…

— Gabriel Brunsdon

“Mystical experiences do not necessarily supply new ideas to the mind, rather, they transform what one believes into what one knows, converting abstract concepts,…

— R.M. Jones

Religion, mysticism and magic all spring from the same basic 'feeling' about the universe: a sudden feeling of meaning, which human beings sometimes 'pick…

— Colin Wilson

Perhaps, more importantly, I think that most human beings realise only a fraction of the true potential of their minds, so the spiritual or…

— Rose Tremain

I'm always aiming for some magic in films if I can find a mystical quality either in a song or in a moment or…

— Jean-Marc Vallee

“To my mind, ‘magic’ is the hard-to-define quality of the things that stir up mystical feelings like amazement, curiosity, imagination, and above all wonder.…

— Brendan Myers

Mystical experiences (unlike scientific conclusions) cannot be communicated from one person to another. Philosophers and little children are continually amazed that we, unaccountably, find…

— Sam Keen

I think that sense of wonderment, where you walk out expecting the ordinary and are confronted by the extraordinary, is something that has always…

— Lisa Joy

As a person, I do ascribe to a lot of magical thinking myself.

— Lauren Groff

The art of a magician is to create wonder. If we live with a sense of wonder, our lives become filled with joy.

— Doug Henning