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

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

Nothing from nothing ever yet was born.

The fact is certain because it is impossible.

I shall curse you with book and bell and candle.

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

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

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

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.

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.

Appearances often are deceiving.

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.