Just as in earthly life lovers long for the moment when they are able to breathe forth their love for each other, to let their souls blend in a soft whisper, so the mystic longs for the moment when in prayer he can, as it were, creep into God.
ATTRIBUTION:
Soren Kierkegaard (1813–1855), Danish philosopher. “Balance Between Esthetic and Ethical,” vol. 2, Either/Or (1843, trans. 1987).
