The subconscious is ceaselessly murmuring, and it is by listening to these murmurs that one hears the truth.
—Gaston Bachelard, 1960Quotes
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.
—Edward Bellamy, 1888There is not so contemptible a plant or animal that does not confound the most enlarged understanding.
—John Locke, 1689Nothing worth knowing can be understood with the mind.
—Woody Allen, 1979Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe.
—Saint Augustine, c. 400Disbelief in magic can force a poor soul into believing in government and business.
—Tom Robbins, 1976The 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.
—Albert Einstein, 1930The fact is certain because it is impossible.
—Tertullian, c. 200There are times when reality becomes too complex for oral communication. But legend gives it a form by which it pervades the whole world.
—Jean-Luc Godard, 1965To blow and to swallow at the same time is not easy; I cannot at the same time be here and also there.
—Plautus, c. 200 BCA miracle entails a degree of irrationality—not because it shocks reason, but because it makes no appeal to it.
—Emmanuel Lévinas, 1952God is alive. Magic is afoot.
—Leonard Cohen, 1966Men willingly believe what they wish.
—Julius Caesar, c. 50 BC