The fact is certain because it is impossible.

God is alive. Magic is afoot.

On 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.

The believer in magic and miracles reflects on how to impose a law on nature—and, in brief, the religious cult is the outcome of this reflection.

Men willingly believe what they wish.

The subconscious is ceaselessly murmuring, and it is by listening to these murmurs that one hears the truth.

I shall curse you with book and bell and candle.

There are times when reality becomes too complex for oral communication. But legend gives it a form by which it pervades the whole world.

The 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.

Have you ever, looking up, seen a cloud like to a centaur, a leopard, a wolf, or a bull?

Superstitions are habits rather than beliefs.

Once something becomes discernible, or understandable, we no longer need to repeat it. We can destroy it.

Everything that deceives does so by casting a spell.