Everything is a miracle. It is a miracle that one does not dissolve in one’s bath like a lump of sugar.

I shall curse you with book and bell and candle.

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

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

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

Disbelief in magic can force a poor soul into believing in government and business.

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.

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

Nothing is so easy to fake as the inner vision.

God is alive. Magic is afoot.

Watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you, because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it.

Any serious attempt to do anything worthwhile is ritualistic.