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

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 more enlightened our houses are, the more their walls ooze ghosts.

Nothing worth knowing can be understood with the mind.

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

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

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.

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

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

There is nothing that man fears more than the touch of the unknown. He wants to see what is reaching toward him and to be able to recognize or at least classify it. Man always tends to avoid physical contact with anything strange.

I shall curse you with book and bell and candle.

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

Nothing is so easy to fake as the inner vision.