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

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

To blow and to swallow at the same time is not easy; I cannot at the same time be here and also there.

A miracle entails a degree of irrationality—not because it shocks reason, but because it makes no appeal to it.

The fact is certain because it is impossible.

God is alive. Magic is afoot.

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

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

Once something becomes discernible, or understandable, we no longer need to repeat it. We can destroy it.

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.

Men willingly believe what they wish.

Nothing worth knowing can be understood with the mind.

Nothing is so easy to fake as the inner vision.