In the past, men created witches; now they create mental patients.

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

Superstitions are habits rather than beliefs.

God is alive. Magic is afoot.

The fear of the Lord is true wisdom, and he who hath it not can in no way penetrate the true secrets of magic.

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.

Man is always a wizard to man, and the social world is at first magical.

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

All things are filled full of signs, and it is a wise man who can learn about one thing from another.

One thing alone not even God can do: to make undone whatever has been done.

The fact is certain because it is impossible.

Nothing from nothing ever yet was born.

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