Books Quote by Leo Tolstoy

“Mystical experience is given to some. But contemplation is for all Christians.”

— Michael Ramsey

“I have wandered freely in mystical traditions that are not religious and have been profoundly influenced by them. It is my church, however, that…

— Anthony de Mello S.J

“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

“Certainty is the culprit. The spiritual person knows uncertainty—a state of mind unknown to the religious fanatic.”

— Anthony de Mello

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

— Arthur C. Clarke

“When one believes, ‘I know it’, a veil of ignorance arises and it breaks one’s inclination towards spiritual inquiry.”

— Dada Bhagwan

“How deluded we sometimes are by the clear notions we get out of books. They make us think that we really understand things of…

— Thomas Merton

“But sooner or later we find that not everything is to our liking in this book. It starts out sweet to our taste; and…

— Eugene H. Peterson

“Reading is nothing less than divinity. An experience that is both visceral and ethereal. An open book in your hand, a mind and heart…

— J.G. Starbuck

“Spirituality is for people. It’s not just for those who you might have read about in books, it’s for people.”

— Belsebuub

“I used unexpectedly to experience a consciousness of the presence of God, or such a kind that I could not possibly doubt that He…

— Santa Teresa de Jesús

“We try to discover in things, which become precious to us on that account, the reflection of what our soul has projected on to…

— Marcel Proust