#mystic

That was the trouble with formulating a system: what could you do but repeat it? ↗

— Peter Washington

#belief-system #madame-blavatsky-s-baboon #mystic #mysticism #religion

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 there are things old and new which must not be contemplate by men´s eyes, because they know -or think they know- some things which other men have told them. Ah, it is the fault of our science that it wants to explain all; and if it explain not, then it says there is nothing to explain. ↗

— Bram Stoker

#science #men

As the beautiful does not exist for the artist and poet alone—though these can find in it more poignant depths of meaning than other men—so the world of Reality exists for all; and all may participate in it, unite with it, according to their measure and to the strength and purity of their desire. ↗

— Evelyn Underhill

#beauty #mysticism #reality #spirituality #art

Dreams dress us carefully in the colors of power and faith. ↗

— Aberjhani

#dreams #faith #inspiration #inspirational #metaphysics

The philosopher with his two eyes sees double, so is unable to see the unity of the Truth. ↗

— Mahmud Shabistari

#sufi-mystic-poetry #truth #unity

In the days ahead, you will either be a mystic (one who has experienced God for real) or nothing at all. ↗

— Karl Rahner

#mystic #experience

God is as real as a station wagon. ↗

— Peggy Payne

#god #inspiration #inspirational-quotes #mysticism #religion

The bird fights its way out of the egg. The egg is the world. Who would be born must first destroy a world. The bird flies to God. That God's name is Abraxas. ↗

— Hermann Hesse

#mysticism

Beloved,/ I am so glad,/ So very glad You have come. ↗

— حافظ

#mysticism

I will soothe you and heal you, I will bring you roses. I too have been covered with thorns. ↗

— Rumi

#poetry #rumi #mysticism