God is alive. Magic is afoot.
—Leonard Cohen, 1966Quotes
Disbelief in magic can force a poor soul into believing in government and business.
—Tom Robbins, 1976Nothing from nothing ever yet was born.
—Lucretius, c. 58 BCAny serious attempt to do anything worthwhile is ritualistic.
—Derek Walcott, 1986In the past, men created witches; now they create mental patients.
—Thomas Szasz, 1970To ensure the adoration of a theorem for any length of time, faith is not enough; a police force is needed as well.
—Albert Camus, 1951The 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.
—Albert Einstein, 1930The mind is led on, step by step, to defeat its own logic.
—Dai Vernon, 1994Watch 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.
—Roald Dahl, 1990There are times when reality becomes too complex for oral communication. But legend gives it a form by which it pervades the whole world.
—Jean-Luc Godard, 1965The subconscious is ceaselessly murmuring, and it is by listening to these murmurs that one hears the truth.
—Gaston Bachelard, 1960Nothing worth knowing can be understood with the mind.
—Woody Allen, 1979The fear of the Lord is true wisdom, and he who hath it not can in no way penetrate the true secrets of magic.
—Abraham the Jew, c. 1400