Elie Wiesel Quotes About Mysticism

Quotes about: Mysticism

• In my tradition, one must wait until one has learned a lot of Bible and Talmud and the Prophets to handle mysticism. This isn't instant coffee. There is no instant mysticism.

  Elie Wiesel

  Coffee, Waiting, Tradition

  "10 Questions for Elie Wiesel". Interview with Jeff Chu, content.time.com. January 22, 2006.

• 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.

  Elie Wiesel

  Philosophy, Knowledge, Mean

  Elie Wiesel, Robert Franciosi (2002). “Elie Wiesel: Conversations”, p.87, Univ. Press of Mississippi

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

  Elie Wiesel

  Believe, Serious, Endeavor

• What I don't like today is, to put it coarsely, the phony Hasidism, the phony mysticism. Many students say, "Teach me mysticism." It's a joke.

  Elie Wiesel

  Today, Students, Phony

  "Elie Wiesel: Conversations". Book edited by Robert Franciosi, 2002.

• Philosophy is a slow process of logic and logical discourse: A bringing B bringing C and so forth. In mysticism you can jump from A to Z. But the ultimate objective is the same. It's knowledge. It's truth.

  Elie Wiesel

  Philosophy, Logic, Process

  Elie Wiesel, Robert Franciosi (2002). “Elie Wiesel: Conversations”, p.87, Univ. Press of Mississippi

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