Aim Quote by Larry Harvey

“Religious experience involves an encounter with the holy, the mystery of the totally other that opens like a chasm before humans in unexpected ways,…

— Luke Timothy Johnson

“Direct experience of that transcending mystery and wonder, affirmed in all cultures, which moves us to a renewal of the spirit and an openness…

— John Buehrens

“In every religion there is always a touch of mystery. Letting the mind wander in unnecessary things.”

— Mwanandeke Kindembo

“Unfortunately, religion often works to shrink and tame the very wild and mysterious forces that first drew our wonder. In the process of making…

— Stephen K. Hayes

“Perhaps the central paradox of the religious life is that it seeks transcendence, a dimension of existence that goes beyond our mundane lives, but…

— Karen Armstrong

Religion points to that area of human experience where in one way or another man comes upon mystery as a summons to pilgrimage.

— Frederick Buechner

“Most social and religious systems reward conformity with approval and access. We're trained from the beginning of our lives, in almost every organized endeavour,…

— Danielle LaPorte

It is the most ambitious and driven among us who are the most sorely in need of having our reckless hopes dampened through immersive…

— Alain de Botton

The revealed and mystic literature of mankind bears ample testimony to the fact that religious experience has been too enduring and dominant in the…

— Anonymous

Total experiences, of which there are many kinds, tend again and again to be apprehended only as revivals or translations of the religious imagination.…

— Susan Sontag

I think that when people experience something that seems to be supernatural, in some ways it cuts through the secular mindset.

— Nicky Gumbel

“Religion is an individual experience of a universal mind and universal experience of an individual mind.”

— Ajmal Siddiqi