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God is alive. Magic is afoot.

—Leonard Cohen, 1966

Bid me discourse, I will enchant thine ear.

—William Shakespeare, 1592

Nothing worth knowing can be understood with the mind.

—Woody Allen, 1979

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

—Saint Augustine, c. 400

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

—Aristotle, c. 350 BC

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.

—Fr. Antonio Monserrate, 1590

There is not so contemptible a plant or animal that does not confound the most enlarged understanding.

—John Locke, 1689

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

—Albert Camus, 1951

Have you ever, looking up, seen a cloud like to a centaur, a leopard, a wolf, or a bull?

—Aristophanes, 423 BC

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

—Thomas Szasz, 1970

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

—Sophocles, c. 441 BC

Appearances often are deceiving.

—Aesop, c. 550 BC

I shall curse you with book and bell and candle.

—Thomas Malory, c. 1470