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

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.

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

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

Any serious attempt to do anything worthwhile is ritualistic.

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

The believer in magic and miracles reflects on how to impose a law on nature—and, in brief, the religious cult is the outcome of this reflection.

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.

I shall curse you with book and bell and candle.

Appearances often are deceiving.

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