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

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

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.

Any serious attempt to do anything worthwhile is ritualistic.

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

The fact is certain because it is impossible.

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

Nothing worth knowing can be understood with the mind.

Nothing is so easy to fake as the inner vision.

All things are filled full of signs, and it is a wise man who can learn about one thing from another.

There are times when reality becomes too complex for oral communication. But legend gives it a form by which it pervades the whole world.

Bid me discourse, I will enchant thine ear.

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.