If we spoke a different language, we would perceive a somewhat different world.
~Ludwig Wittgenstein

There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.
~Shakespeare's Hamlet (2.2.250-251)

Je défendrai mes opinions jusqu'à ma mort, mais je donnerai ma vie pour que vous puissiez défendre les vôtres.
~Voltaire

The laws of mathematics, as far as they refer to reality, are not certain, and as far as they are certain, do not refer to reality.
~Albert Einstein

They say no man is an island. But you have to remember, even islands are connected to the land. They're just more removed than most.

The universe is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.
~Eden Phillpotts

The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it.
~George Bernard Shaw

The universe is unfair. We can merely hope it will be unfair in our favour.
~Dreamer, chapter 8, by Steven Harper

Humanity is the cancer of nature.
~Unknown

That's the thing with magic. You've got to know it's still here, all around us, or it stays invisible for you.
~Charles de Lint

Disbelief in magic can force a poor soul into government and business.
~Tom Robbins