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

Everything that deceives does so by casting a spell.

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.

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

The fact is certain because it is impossible.

God is alive. Magic is afoot.

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

Any serious attempt to do anything worthwhile is ritualistic.

Nothing worth knowing can be understood with the mind.

I shall curse you with book and bell and candle.

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

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.

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