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

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

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

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

The Mughal’s nature is such that they demand miracles, but if a miracle were to be performed by some upright follower of our religion, they would say that it had been brought about by magic and sorcery. They would strike him down with spears or would stone him to death.

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

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

Curses are like young chickens, they always come home to roost.

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.

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

Nothing is so easy to fake as the inner vision.

Men willingly believe what they wish.