Nothing worth knowing can be understood with the mind.
—Woody Allen, 1979Quotes
The fact is certain because it is impossible.
—Tertullian, c. 200Many are the wonders of the world, and none so wonderful as man.
—Sophocles, c. 441 BCI shall curse you with book and bell and candle.
—Thomas Malory, c. 1470Nothing from nothing ever yet was born.
—Lucretius, c. 58 BCThe more enlightened our houses are, the more their walls ooze ghosts.
—Italo Calvino, 1967Disbelief in magic can force a poor soul into believing in government and business.
—Tom Robbins, 1976Watch 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.
—Roald Dahl, 1990God is alive. Magic is afoot.
—Leonard Cohen, 1966Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe.
—Saint Augustine, c. 400Nothing is so easy as to deceive one’s self; for what we wish, that we readily believe.
—Demosthenes, 349 BCCurses are like young chickens, they always come home to roost.
—Robert Southey, 1809One thing alone not even God can do: to make undone whatever has been done.
—Aristotle, c. 350 BC