Nothing is so easy as to deceive one’s self; for what we wish, that we readily believe.

Bid me discourse, I will enchant thine ear.

Nothing is so easy to fake as the inner vision.

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.

Nothing worth knowing can be understood with the mind.

Egypt was the mother of magicians.

Everything that deceives does so by casting a spell.

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

I shall curse you with book and bell and candle.

The subconscious is ceaselessly murmuring, and it is by listening to these murmurs that one hears the truth.

Have you ever, looking up, seen a cloud like to a centaur, a leopard, a wolf, or a bull?

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.

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