Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe.

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

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

Nothing is so easy to fake as the inner vision.

To blow and to swallow at the same time is not easy; I cannot at the same time be here and also there.

Many are the wonders of the world, and none so wonderful as man.

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

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

The mind is led on, step by step, to defeat its own logic.

A miracle entails a degree of irrationality—not because it shocks reason, but because it makes no appeal to it.

I shall curse you with book and bell and candle.

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.