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.

There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.

Did I write it so as not to go mad or, on the contrary, to go mad in order to understand the nature of madness?

In those dark times, one rose to the very heights of humanity by simply remaining human.

And I, the for­mer mys­tic, was think­ing: Yes, man is stronger, greater than God. When Adam and Eve de­ceived You, You chased them from par­adise. When You were dis­pleased by Noah’s generation, You brought down the Flood. When Sodom lost Your fa­vour, You caused the heav­ens to rain down fire and damna­tion. But look at these men whom You have be­trayed, al­low­ing them to be tortured, slaugh­tered, gassed, and burned, what do they do? They pray be­fore You! They praise Your name!

I really don't teach the way Professor [Frank Moore] Cross does. I don't teach the text the same way he does. I teach Biblical themes, Biblical events.

I think that human beings are capable of the worst things possible and they show that there were times, and there probably are times, that it is human to be inhuman.