Nothing from nothing ever yet was born.

I shall curse you with book and bell and candle.

Appearances often are deceiving.

Nothing worth knowing can be understood with the mind.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

The fact is certain because it is impossible.

Superstitions are habits rather than beliefs.

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