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

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

Men willingly believe what they wish.

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

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

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

Any serious attempt to do anything worthwhile is ritualistic.

I shall curse you with book and bell and candle.

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

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.

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

Nothing worth knowing can be understood with the mind.

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