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

The fact is certain because it is impossible.

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

The subconscious is ceaselessly murmuring, and it is by listening to these murmurs that one hears the truth.

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

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.

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

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

Bid me discourse, I will enchant thine ear.

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

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

Any serious attempt to do anything worthwhile is ritualistic.

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.