Appearances often are deceiving.
—Aesop, c. 550 BCQuotes
Superstitions are habits rather than beliefs.
—Marlene Dietrich, 1962Disbelief in magic can force a poor soul into believing in government and business.
—Tom Robbins, 1976I shall curse you with book and bell and candle.
—Thomas Malory, c. 1470The most beautiful emotion we can experience is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion that stands at the cradle of all true art and science.
—Albert Einstein, 1930Many are the wonders of the world, and none so wonderful as man.
—Sophocles, c. 441 BCMen willingly believe what they wish.
—Julius Caesar, c. 50 BCTo blow and to swallow at the same time is not easy; I cannot at the same time be here and also there.
—Plautus, c. 200 BCThere is not so contemptible a plant or animal that does not confound the most enlarged understanding.
—John Locke, 1689Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe.
—Saint Augustine, c. 400God is alive. Magic is afoot.
—Leonard Cohen, 1966The 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 mind is led on, step by step, to defeat its own logic.
—Dai Vernon, 1994