“There is a magic power in your own hands. Take your vital decisions-they may be grave and momentous and far-reaching in their consequences. Think a hundred times before you take any decision, but once a decision is taken, stand by it as one man.” ThinkingMenMayHandsDecisionTakenMagicHundredConsequenceGravesReachingOne ManMagic Powers Author:Fatima Jinnah
“I had given up magic, because it had reached a state of perfection. I felt that I was able to transform men into animals. I did not make use of this capability, because I believed I could not justify an intervention of this kind in the life of another person.” MenKindPersonsStatesUseAbleGivenFeltAnimalMagicPerfectionJustifyCapabilityInterventionGiven Up Author:Wolfgang Hildesheimer
“For the wise men of old the cardinal problem had been how to conform the soul to reality. For magic and applied science alike the problem is how to subdue reality to the wishes of men.” MenSoulProblemRealityWishWiseMagicConformCardinalsApplied Science Book:Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Literature Source: Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Literature
“Man has bought brains, but all the millions in the world have failed to buy love. Man has subdued bodies, but all the power on earth has been unable to subdue love. Man has conquered whole nations, but all his armies could not conquer love. Man has chained and fettered the spirit, but he has been utterly helpless before love. Thus love has the magic power to make of a beggar a king.” MenWorldHas BeensWholeBodyEarthSpiritNationsBrainMillionsMagicKingsArmyConquerHelplessBeggarChainedMagic Powers Book:Anarchism and Other Essays Source: Anarchism and Other Essays