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.

In the society of men, the truth resides now less in what things are than in what they are not. Our social realities are so ugly if seen in the light of exiled truth, and beauty is almost no longer possible if it is not a lie.

Any serious attempt to do anything worthwhile is ritualistic.

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

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

Bid me discourse, I will enchant thine ear.

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

Nothing is so easy to fake as the inner vision.

Appearances often are deceiving.

Everything that deceives does so by casting a spell.

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

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.