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

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

Nothing from nothing ever yet was born.

The fact is certain because it is impossible.

Nothing is so easy to fake as the inner vision.

Nothing worth knowing can be understood with the mind.

Everything that deceives does so by casting a spell.

Disbelief in magic can force a poor soul into believing in government and business.

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.

Superstitions are habits rather than beliefs.

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

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

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