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.

In the society of men, the truth resides now less in what things are than in what they are not. Our social realities are so ugly if seen in the light of exiled truth, and beauty is almost no longer possible if it is not a lie.

Nothing worth knowing can be understood with the mind.

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

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.

The fact is certain because it is impossible.

Appearances often are deceiving.

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

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.

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

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

There is nothing that man fears more than the touch of the unknown. He wants to see what is reaching toward him and to be able to recognize or at least classify it. Man always tends to avoid physical contact with anything strange.