MYSTICISM

Mysticism keeps men sane.

G.K. Chesterton

The dark night of the soul through which the soul passes on its way to the Divine Light.

John of the Cross

A most sublime and sweet knowledge of God and of His attributes overflows into the understanding from the contact of the attributes of God with the substance of the soul.

John of the Cross

For what is mysticism? Is it not the attempt to draw near to God, not by rites or ceremonies, but by inward disposition? Is it not merely a hard word for “The Kingdom of Heaven is within”? Heaven is neither a place nor a time.

Florence Nightingale

In joy of inward peace, or sense

Of sorrow over sin,

He is his own best evidence

His witness is within.

J.G. Whittier