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• Magic: A quality of being beautiful and delightful in a way that seems remote from daily life.  Oxford Dictionary
• Magic: A special and exciting quality that makes something seem different from ordinary things.  Cambridge Dictionary
• Magic: The power of apparently influencing events by using mysterious or supernatural forces.  Oxford Dictionary
• Wonder,  Awe,  Life as a miracle and mystery,   Reverence

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The world is full of magic … 

• This world, after all our science and sciences, is still a miracle; wonderful, inscrutable, magical and more, to whosoever will think of it. Thomas Dekker
• Life is a combination of magic and pasta. Federico Fellini
• Life is magic, the way nature works seems to be quite magical. Jonas Salk
• Magic exists. Who can doubt it, when there are rainbows and wildflowers, the music of the wind and the silence of the stars?  Anyone who has loved has been touched by magic.  It is such a simple and such an extraordinary part of the lives we live.  Nora Roberts 
• The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper. B. Yeats
• We ourselves cannot put any magic spells on this world. The world is its own magic.  Suzuki Roshi
• There is some principle of magic in everything, some living quality. Something living, something real, is taking place in everything. Chogyam Trungpa
• There’s a bit of magic in everything, and some loss to even things out. Lou Reed

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… and that magic exists inside you too 

• Magic comes from what is inside you. It is a part of you. You can’t weave together a spell that you don’t believe in. Jim Butcher
• People who wait for a magic wand fail to see that they ARE the magic wand. Thomas Leonard
• The appearance of things changes according to the emotions and thus we see magic and beauty in them, while the magic and beauty are really in ourselves. Kahlil Gibran
• We do not need magic to change the world, we carry all the power we need inside ourselves already: we have the power to imagine better. J.K. Rowling
• You are unrepeatable. There is a magic about you that is all your own. M. Dellinger
• You must learn to get in touch with the innermost essence of your being. This true essence is beyond the ego. It is fearless; it is free; it is immune to criticism; it does not fear any challenge. It is beneath no one, superior to no one, and full of magic, mystery, and enchantment. Deepak Chopra
• You want magic. You want miracles. You want magnificence. All these things and much, much more are contained in your own heart. Robert Beno
• The treasure within

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To see magic, you must believe in it … 

• We need not wait for the world to become more mystical; the world is mystical. Our problem is not that the world lacks magic; our problem is that we don’t believe in its magic.  We do not show up fully for life, and then wonder why life is not showing up more fully for us. Marianne Williamson
• And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it. Roald Dahl
• Disbelief in magic can force a poor soul into believing in government and business. Tom Robbins
• Magic comes from what is inside you. It is a part of you. You can’t weave together a spell that you don’t believe in. Jim Butcher
• Never, ever stop believing in magic, no matter how old you get. Because if you keep looking long enough and don’t give up, sooner or later you’re going to find Mary Poppins. Steve Kluger
• The moment you doubt whether you can fly, you cease for ever to be able to do it. J.M. Barrie
• But remember. Just because you don’t believe in something doesn’t mean it isn’t real. Katherine Howe
• Belief,  Self-belief

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… and actively look for it 

• Children see magic because they look for it. Christopher Moore
• Daily inspiration comes from creating a habit of always looking at the magic in life. Rather than focusing our attention on the doom and gloom that the popular media promotes, we need to open our eyes to the wonder of the universe if we want to be inspired. Amanda Harvey
• One way can be learned by starting to see the magic in everything. Sometimes it seems to be hiding but it is always there. The more we can see the magic in one thing, a tiny flower, a mango, someone we love, then the more we are able to see the magic in everything and in everyone. Where does the mango stop and the sky begin? Joshua Kadison
• That’s the thing about magic; you’ve got to know it’s still here, all around us, or it just stays invisible for you. Charles de Lint
• When your life is filled with the desire to see holiness in everyday life, something magical happens: ordinary life becomes extraordinary, and the very process of life begins to nourish your soul!  Harold Kushner

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To see magic, open your eyes to wonder  

• Magic is a sudden opening of the mind to the wonder of existence. It is a sense that there is much more to life than we usually recognize; that we do not have to be confined by the limited views that our family, our society, or our own habitual thoughts impose on us; that life contains many dimensions, depths, textures, and meanings extending far beyond our familiar beliefs and concepts.  John Welwood
• We need a renaissance of wonder. We need to renew, in our hearts and in our souls, the deathless dream, the eternal poetry, the perennial sense that life is miracle and magic. E. Merrill Root
• Wonder

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Let science and technology strengthen your sense of magic, not dampen it  

• Science is always discovering odd scraps of magical wisdom and making a tremendous fuss about its cleverness. Aleister Crowley
• Scientists have calculated that the chances of something so patently absurd actually existing are millions to one. But magicians have calculated that million-to-one chances crop up nine times out of ten.  Terry Pratchett
• It’s still magic even if you know how it’s done. Terry Pratchett
• As cities grow and technology takes over the world, belief and imagination fade away and so do we. Julie Kagawa
• Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Arthur C. Clarke
• Science,  Technology

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There is magic in love 

• And this, really, is the story-within-the-story, because if you do not believe that hearts can bloom suddenly bigger, and that love can open like a flower out of even the hardest places, then I am afraid that for you the world will be long and brown and barren, and you will have trouble finding the light. But if you do believe, then you already know all about magic. Lauren Oliver
• Anytime you feel love for anything, be it stone, tree, lover, or child, you are touched by the Goddess’s magic… Cate Tiernan
• Love and magic have a great deal in common. They enrich the soul, delight the heart. And they both take practice.
• Love isn’t a decision. It’s a feeling. If we could decide who we loved,it would be much simpler, but much less magical. Trey Parker
• Love can sometimes be magic. But magic can sometimes… just be an illusion. Javan
• Love is another kind of power, which shouldn’t surprise you. Magic comes from emotions, among other things. And when two people are together, in that intimacy, when they really, selflessly love each other it changes them both. It lingers on in the energy of their lives, even when they are apart. Jim Butcher
• There is no surprise more magical than the surprise of being loved: It is God’s finger on man’s shoulder. Charles Morgan
• Love

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There is magic in kindness 

• It’s all a matter of paying attention, being awake in the present moment, and not expecting a huge payoff. The magic in this world seems to work in whispers and small kindnesses. Charles de Lint
• Kindness

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There is magic in hope 

• Hope can be a powerful force. Maybe there’s no actual magic in it, but when you know what you hope for most and hold it like a light within you, you can make things happen, almost like magic. Laini Taylor
• Hope

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There is magic in trust … 

• To sit patiently with a yearning that has not yet been fulfilled, and to trust that, that fulfillment will come, is quite possibly one of the most powerful “magic skills”” that human beings are capable of. It has been noted by almost every ancient wisdom tradition. Elizabeth Gilbert
• You may not be able to see what is ahead of you, but all you have to do is trust. There are miracles and magic waiting for you right now.  Joelene Setterfield
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…  especially trusting yourself 

• When we consistently do the things that align with our highest vision of ourselves—whether it’s getting up early to meditate or to exercise or to read or whatever—we build a deep level of self- trust that creates a magical energy. Brian Johnson

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There is magic in loving and understanding yourself 

• We wait all these years to find someone who understands us, I thought, someone who accepts us as we are, someone with a wizard’s power to melt stone to sunlight, who can bring us happiness in spite of trials, who can face our dragons in the night, who can transform us into the soul we choose to be. Just yesterday I found that magical Someone is the face we see in the mirror: It’s us and our homemade masks. Richard Bach
• Self-love,  Self-knowledge

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There is magic in the soul 

• Our soul, our true self, is the most mysterious, essential, and magical dimension of our being. In fact, it is not a separate reality, as traditional Western thought views it, but the cohesive force that unites our body, heart, and mind.  It is not a ghost trapped somehow in the physical machinery of our body but the very essence of our being.  Gabrielle Roth
• The soul

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There is magic in the heart 

• You want magic. You want miracles. You want magnificence. All these things and much, much more are contained in your own heart. Robert Beno
• The heart

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There is magic in stolen moments 

• Life will sometimes hand you a magical moment. Savor it. Jackson Brown Jr.
• Magic can be found in stolen moments. Francesca Lia Block

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There is magic in nature 

• Life is magic, the way nature works seems to be quite magical. Jonas Salk
• Nature

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There is magic in special places 

• Magical places are always beautiful and deserve to be contemplated. . . Always stay on the bridge between the invisible and the visible.  Paulo Coelho

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There is magic in taking action 

• Action has magic, grace and power in it. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
• Action

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There is magic in courage and boldness 

• Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear, and obstacles vanish into air. John Quincy Adams
• What you can do, or dream you can do, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in itJohann Wolfgang von Goethe
• Courage,  Boldness

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There is magic in play 

• Life is playfulness… We need to play so that we can rediscover the magic all around us. Flora Colao
• To play is to yield oneself to a kind of magic. Hugo Rahner
• Play

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There is magic in personal transformation 

• There is a kind of magicness about going far away and then coming back all changed. Kate Douglas Wiggin
• I change the world by changing myself. I am changing the world by loving myself, by enjoying life, by making my personal world a dream of heaven. I change myself, and just like magic, other people start to change. Don Miguel Ruiz
• Transformation

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There is magic in imagination 

• Imagination is the true magic carpet. Norman Vincent Peale
• We do not need magic to change the world, we carry all the power we need inside ourselves already: we have the power to imagine better. J.K. Rowling
• Imagination

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There is magic in synchronicity 

• I do believe in an everyday sort of magic — the inexplicable connectedness we sometimes experience with places, people, works of art and the like; the eerie appropriateness of moments of synchronicity; the whispered voice, the hidden presence, when we think we’re alone. Charles de Lint
• Synchronicity

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There is magic in a fresh, new day 

• I have always been delighted at the prospect of a new day, a fresh try, one more start, with perhaps a bit of magic waiting somewhere behind the morning. J.B. Priestly
• Embrace today

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There is magic in having a positive attitude 

• A great attitude does much more than turn on the lights in our worlds; it seems to magically connect us to all sorts of serendipitous opportunities that were somehow absent before the change. Earl Nightingale
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There is magic in intentions 

• Intentions compressed into words enfold magical power. Deepak Chopra
• Intention

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There is magic in the subconscious mind 

• The subconscious mind is like your magic genie and it will accept anything that you feed to it and it will carry out your every wish. Salvatore Vuono
• The subconscious

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There is magic in healing 

• Formerly, when religion was strong and science weak, people mistook magic for medicine; now, when science is strong and religion weak, people mistake medicine for magic. Thomas Szasz
• Healing

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There is magic in beauty 

• Beauty is the reflection of the magic inside your soul. Vanessa Hernandez
• The appearance of things changes according to the emotions and thus we see magic and beauty in them, while the magic and beauty are really in ourselves. Kahlil Gibran
• Beauty

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There is magic in music 

• Ah, music,” he said, wiping his eyes. “A magic beyond all we do here!” K. Rowling
• Music acts like a magic key, to which the most tightly closed heart opens. Maria von Trapp
• Music is the strongest form of magic. Marilyn Manson
• Music

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There is magic in dance 

• Dance is one of the most powerful forms of magical ritual… It is an outer expression of the inner spirit. Ted Andrews
• Dancing

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There is magic in art 

• All creative art is magic, is evocation of the unseen in forms persuasive, enlightening, familiar and surprising. Joseph Conrad
• Art

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There is magic in books 

• All that mankind has done, thought or been: it is lying as in magic preservation in the pages of books. Thomas Carlyle 
• Books are a uniquely portable magic. Stephen King
• I don’t believe in the kind of magic in my books. But I do believe something very magical can happen when you read a good book. J.K. Rowling
• Books,  Reading

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There is magic in water 

• If there is magic on this planet, it is contained in water. Loren Eiseley
• Water

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There is magic in a good quotation 

• A good quote can sometimes act as a magical spark, setting in motion thoughts, ideas, and feelings that can lead to life- changing revelations. Alex Andrei
• Quotations

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Create magic and keep it alive in your relationships 

• When two people meet and fall in love, there’s a sudden rush of magic. Magic is just naturally present then. We tend to feed on that gratuitous magic without striving to make any more.  One day we wake up and find that the magic is gone.  We hustle to get it back, but by then it’s usually too late, we’ve used it up.  What we have to do is work like hell at making additional magic right from the start.  It’s hard work, but if we can remember to do it, we greatly improve our chances of making love stay.  Tom Robbins
• Real magic in relationships means an absence of judgment of others. Wayne Dyer
• Principles for healthy relationships

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Create magic by slowing down and being present in the moment 

• If you pay attention at every moment, you form a new relationship to time. In some magical way, by slowing down, you become more efficient, productive, and energetic, focusing without distraction directly on the task in front of you. Not only do you become immersed in the moment, you become that moment. Michael Ray
• It’s all a matter of paying attention, being awake in the present moment, and not expecting a huge payoff. The magic in this world seems to work in whispers and small kindnesses. Charles de Lint
• Without patience, magic would be undiscovered–in rushing everything, we would never hear its whisper inside. Tamora Pierce
• Slow down,  Live in the present

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Create magic by believing in yourself 

• Magic is believing in yourself. If you can do that, you can make anything happen. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Create magic by living from a state of love and compassion 

• When I remember that the primary purpose of life is to feel and appreciate the presence of God, to live from a state of love and compassion, and to be of service to others, then instantly, like magic, I begin to feel at peace. Richard Carlson
• Love,  Compassion

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Create magic by pushing your talent and skill to the limit 

• If you take any activity, any art, any discipline, any skill-take it and push it as far as it will go, push it beyond where it has ever been before, push it to the wildest edges of edges, then you force it into the realm of magic. Tom Robbins
• Talent,  Skill

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Create magic through ideas and hard work 

• Is there magic in this world? Certainly! But it is not the kind of magic written about in fantasy stories. It is the kind of magic that comes from ideas and the hard work it often takes to make them real. Robert Fanney
• Ideas,  Hard work

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Create magic by letting go of attachment 

• Learn the magic of nonattachment. Nonattachment means: “I’ll do everything possible, I’ll put the odds in my favor, I’ll work hard and concentrate. I’ll do my best to succeed. But, if I don’t, that’s okay, too.” Richard Carlson
• Nonattachment, on the other hand, works like magic. It allows you to have fun in your efforts, to enjoy the process. It takes the pressure off. You win regardless of the outcome. Richard Carlson
• Letting go,  Non-attachment

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Create magic by making big, bold plans 

• Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men’s blood and probably will themselves not be realized. Make big plans; aim high in hope and work. Daniel H. Burnham
• Vision,  Planning

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Create magic by showing up fully for life 

• We need not wait for the world to become more mystical; the world is mystical. Our problem is not that the world lacks magic; our problem is that we don’t believe in its magic.  We do not show up fully for life, and then wonder why life is not showing up more fully for us. Marianne Williamson
• Embrace life,  Immerse yourself in what you do

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Here are more ways to create magic 

• Have the courage to say no. Have the courage to face the truth. Do the right thing because it is right. These are the magic keys to living your life with integrity. W. Clement Stone
• Simply be who you are, do what you do best, be where you are called by joy, and let life work its magic on your behalf. Alan Cohen
• Once we meet our children, even for moments, in a place of “I don’t know,” of relinquished authority, we return to the realms of mystery and magic, where real connection becomes alive again. Arjuna Ardagh
• When you have the constant focus of going within and then acting, your life will unfold in magical ways. Elizabeth Joy
• When your life is filled with the desire to see holiness in everyday life, something magical happens: ordinary life becomes extraordinary, and the very process of life begins to nourish your soul!  Harold Kushner

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• As a lover, I’m about as impressive as a magician on the radio. Scott Roeben
• E-mail has some magical ability to turn off the politeness gene in a human being. Jeff Bezos
• Imagine if you were a drummer and you accidentally picked up two magic wands instead of sticks; there you are keeping the beat the next thing you know your bass player turns into a can of soup. Mitch Hedberg
• Using words to describe magic is like using a screwdriver to cut roast beef. Tom Robbins
• What do you call a magic dog? A Labracadabrador.
• When deciding between two competing theories always go with the one that doesn’t involve a magic spell. Emo Phillips

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