“But children robbed of love will dwell on magic.”
Barbara Kingsolver Animal Dreams
Source: Animal Dreams
The Glass Bead Game (1943)
“But children robbed of love will dwell on magic.”
Barbara Kingsolver Animal Dreams
Source: Animal Dreams
Eliphas Levi (1810–1875) French writer
Miscellaneous Quotes On the Subjects of Magic and Magicians
Source: Dogme et Rituel de la Haute Magi Part I: The Doctrine of Transcendental Magic By Eliphas Levi (Alphonse Louis Constant), Translated by A. E. Waite, England, Rider & Company, England, 1896, Introduction p. 11
Sun Ra (1914–1993) American jazz composer and bandleader
As quoted in "Sun Ra : Stranger from Outer Space" by Mike Walsh at missionCreep http://missioncreep.com/mw/sunra.html
Sigmund Freud (1856–1939) Austrian neurologist known as the founding father of psychoanalysis
Source: Introductory Lectures on Psychoanalysis
Simone Weil (1909–1943) French philosopher, Christian mystic, and social activist
Une âme ... n'est pas faite pour habiter une chose ; quand elle y est contrainte, il n’est plus rien en elle qui ne souffre violence.
in The Simone Weil Reader, p. 155
Simone Weil : An Anthology (1986), The Iliad or The Poem of Force (1940-1941)
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832) German writer, artist, and politician
Attributed to Goethe by popular British novelist Marie Corelli in her essay "The Spirit of Work" as published in The Queen's Christmas carol : an anthology of poems, stories, essays, drawings and music / by British authors, artists and composers in 1905 by The Daily Mail of London. <br class="br">Attributed to Goethe by William Hutchinson Murray, in his book The Scottish Himalayan Expedition (1951), this has been shown to be a misattribution at "German Myth 12: The Famous 'Goethe' Quotation", Answer.com http://german.about.com/library/blgermyth12.htm and "Popular Quotes: Commitment", Goethe Society of North America http://www.goethesociety.org/pages/quotescom.html <br class="br">Misattributed <br class="br">Variant: Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. Begin it now.
“… disbelief in magic can force a poor soul into believing in government and business….”
Tom Robbins Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
Source: Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
“And suddenly you know: It's time to start something new and trust the magic of beginnings”
Meister Eckhart (1260–1328) German theologian
Widely circulated on the internet, but no actual text to tie it back to Eckhart, as of yet.
Ref: en.wikiquote.org - Meister Eckhart / Disputed