Egypt was the mother of magicians.
—Clement of Alexandria, c. 200Quotes
There 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, 1965Nothing is so easy to fake as the inner vision.
—Robertson Davies, 1985Bid me discourse, I will enchant thine ear.
—William Shakespeare, 1592Disbelief in magic can force a poor soul into believing in government and business.
—Tom Robbins, 1976The 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.
—Fr. Antonio Monserrate, 1590All things are filled full of signs, and it is a wise man who can learn about one thing from another.
—Plotinus, c. 255The more enlightened our houses are, the more their walls ooze ghosts.
—Italo Calvino, 1967One thing alone not even God can do: to make undone whatever has been done.
—Aristotle, c. 350 BCThe fact is certain because it is impossible.
—Tertullian, c. 200There is not so contemptible a plant or animal that does not confound the most enlarged understanding.
—John Locke, 1689Man is always a wizard to man, and the social world is at first magical.
—Jean-Paul Sartre, 1939The 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, 1930