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

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

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

One thing alone not even God can do: to make undone whatever has been done.

I shall curse you with book and bell and candle.

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.

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

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

God is alive. Magic is afoot.

Nothing worth knowing can be understood with the mind.

Egypt was the mother of magicians.

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.

Man is always a wizard to man, and the social world is at first magical.