Nothing is so easy to fake as the inner vision.

Nothing from nothing ever yet was born.

Men willingly believe what they wish.

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.

There is not so contemptible a plant or animal that does not confound the most enlarged understanding.

To ensure the adoration of a theorem for any length of time, faith is not enough; a police force is needed as well.

Nothing is so easy as to deceive one’s self; for what we wish, that we readily believe.

Disbelief in magic can force a poor soul into believing in government and business.

The more enlightened our houses are, the more their walls ooze ghosts.

Nothing worth knowing can be understood with the mind.

Appearances often are deceiving.

Egypt was the mother of magicians.

Watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you, because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it.