"If someone were in such ecstasy as came to St. Paul, and knew of a sick man who needed a bowl of soup from him, I would judge it far better that for love he should forget his ecstasy and rather serve the needy one."

-- Meister Eckhart

"The wise person devotes his life exclusively to the religious search-- for therein is found the only ecstasy, the only meaning."

-- Timothy Leary

"The soul should always stand ajar, ready to welcome the ecstatic experience."

-- Emily Dickinson