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I'll tell you what: I believe mysticism is a very serious endeavor. One must be equipped for it.

Mysticism is the mistake of an accidental and individual symbol for an universal one.

The incomparable greatness of the religions of the East lies in their having been second to none in vibrating with the passion for unity. This note, which is essential to every form of mysticism, has even penetrated them so deeply that we find ourselves falling under a spell simply by uttering the names of their Gods.

Religion is to mysticism what popularization is to science.

Mysticism and exaggeration go together. A mystic must not fear ridicule if he is to push all the way to the limits of humility or the limits of delight.

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 you go vertically.

I like to say that I practice militant mysticism. I'm really absolutely sure of some things that I don't quite know.

Mysticism, in the narrow sense, implies a specific experience which is foreign to most poets and most men, but on the other hand, it represents an instinct which is a human sine qua non.

Mystical explanations are thought to be deep; the truth is that they are not even shallow.