The Essential Kabbalah Quotes

“Heresy arises as a pained outcry to liberate us from this strange, narrow pit, to raise us from the darkness of letters and platitudes to the light of thought and feeling. Such heresy eventually takes its stand in the centre of morality. It has a temporary legitimacy, for it must consume the filthy froth clinging to mindless faith. [...........] On the desolate ruins wrought by heresy, the sublime knowledge of God wil build her temple.”
― Daniel Chanan Matt, The Essential Kabbalah: The Heart of Jewish Mysticism

“I can hardly open my mouth to speak without feeling as though the sea burst its dams and overflowed. How then shall I express what my soul has received’ How can I set it down in a book?”
― Daniel Chanan Matt, The Essential Kabbalah: The Heart of Jewish Mysticism – A Compact Translation with Practical Analysis and Historical Context for Laypeople