Nothing from nothing ever yet was born.

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

Appearances often are deceiving.

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

God is alive. Magic is afoot.

I shall curse you with book and bell and candle.

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

Any serious attempt to do anything worthwhile is ritualistic.

Bid me discourse, I will enchant thine ear.

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.

Nothing worth knowing can be understood with the mind.

On no other stage are the scenes shifted with a swiftness so like magic as on the great stage of history when once the hour strikes.

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