Everything is a miracle. It is a miracle that one does not dissolve in one’s bath like a lump of sugar.
—Pablo Picasso, 1929Quotes
One thing alone not even God can do: to make undone whatever has been done.
—Aristotle, c. 350 BCDisbelief in magic can force a poor soul into believing in government and business.
—Tom Robbins, 1976On no other stage are the scenes shifted with a swiftness so like magic as on the great stage of history when once the hour strikes.
—Edward Bellamy, 1888The fear of the Lord is true wisdom, and he who hath it not can in no way penetrate the true secrets of magic.
—Abraham the Jew, c. 1400The subconscious is ceaselessly murmuring, and it is by listening to these murmurs that one hears the truth.
—Gaston Bachelard, 1960There are times when reality becomes too complex for oral communication. But legend gives it a form by which it pervades the whole world.
—Jean-Luc Godard, 1965Everything that deceives does so by casting a spell.
—Plato, c. 375 BCMen willingly believe what they wish.
—Julius Caesar, c. 50 BCCurses are like young chickens, they always come home to roost.
—Robert Southey, 1809There is nothing that man fears more than the touch of the unknown. He wants to see what is reaching toward him and to be able to recognize or at least classify it. Man always tends to avoid physical contact with anything strange.
—Elias Canetti, 1960To ensure the adoration of a theorem for any length of time, faith is not enough; a police force is needed as well.
—Albert Camus, 1951Nothing is so easy to fake as the inner vision.
—Robertson Davies, 1985