Curses are like young chickens, they always come home to roost.

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.

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

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

Men willingly believe what they wish.

The fact is certain because it is impossible.

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

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

Bid me discourse, I will enchant thine ear.

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.

On no other stage are the scenes shifted with a swiftness so like magic as on the great stage of history when once the hour strikes.

God is alive. Magic is afoot.

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