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

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.

In the society of men, the truth resides now less in what things are than in what they are not. Our social realities are so ugly if seen in the light of exiled truth, and beauty is almost no longer possible if it is not a lie.

Nothing worth knowing can be understood with the mind.

Any serious attempt to do anything worthwhile is ritualistic.

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

I shall curse you with book and bell and candle.

God is alive. Magic is afoot.

Appearances often are deceiving.

Superstitions are habits rather than beliefs.

The mind is led on, step by step, to defeat its own logic.

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

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