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

Man is always a wizard to man, and the social world is at first magical.

I shall curse you with book and bell and candle.

The fact is certain because it is impossible.

Appearances often are deceiving.

Everything that deceives does so by casting a spell.

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.

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.

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.

Watch 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.

The mind is led on, step by step, to defeat its own logic.

Men willingly believe what they wish.