“The only antidote to the magic of images is the magic of words.”
Camille Paglia (1947) American writer
Break, Blow, Burn (2005)
“There aren't any magical words, really. Words just hold the magic.”
— Jim Butcher, book Grave Peril
Source: Grave Peril
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Benjamin N. Cardozo (1870–1938) United States federal judge
Pages 66 http://books.google.com/books?id=LGLuAAAAMAAJ&q=%22We+seek+to+find+peace+of+mind+in+the+word+the%22&pg=PA66#v=onepage – 67 http://books.google.com/books?id=LGLuAAAAMAAJ&q=%22formula+the+ritual+The+hope+is+an+illusion%22&pg=PA67#v=onepage <br class="br">Other writings, The Growth of the Law (1924) <br class="br">Context: Magic words and incantations are as fatal to our science as they are to any other. Methods, when classified and separated, acquire their true bearing and perspective as a means to an end, not as ends in themselves. We seek to find peace of mind in the word, the formula, the ritual. The hope is an illusion.
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Lord v. Jeffkins (1865), 35 Beav. 16.
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“Genius is another word for magic, and the whole point of magic is that it is inexplicable.”
Margot Fonteyn (1919–1991) English ballerina
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Sigmund Freud (1856–1939) Austrian neurologist known as the founding father of psychoanalysis
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Richard Dawkins book The Magic of Reality
Duke University, 01/03/2012 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYcOoqxuroI&t=54m51s <br class="br">The Magic Of Reality (2012) <br class="br">Source: The Magic of Reality: How We Know What's Really True <br class="br">Context: Don’t ever be lazy enough, defeatist enough, cowardly enough to say “I don't understand it so it must be a miracle - it must be supernatural - God did it”. Say instead, that it’s a puzzle, it’s strange, it’s a challenge that we should rise to. Whether we rise to the challenge by questioning the truth of the observation, or by expanding our science in new and exciting directions - the proper and brave response to any such challenge is to tackle it head-on. And until we've found a proper answer to the mystery, it's perfectly ok simply to say “this is something we don't yet understand - but we're working on it”. It's the only honest thing to do. Miracles, magic and myths, they can be fun. Everybody likes a good story. Myths are fun, as long as you don't confuse them with the truth. The real truth has a magic of its own. The truth is more magical, in the best and most exciting sense of the word, than any myth or made-up mystery or miracle. Science has its own magic - the magic of reality.
“I believe in the magic and authority of words.”
René Char (1907–1988) 20th-century French poet
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