Salvation does not lie where strong thrones are defended by swords, where the smoke of censers ascend to heaven or where thousands of strong men pace the rich fields of harvest.
ADAM WEISHAUPTAnd of all illumination which human reason can give, none is comparable to the discovery of what we are, our nature, our obligations, what happiness we are capable of, and what are the means of attaining it.
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The great strength of our Order lies in its concealment.
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We must endeavour to win him over, or decry him.
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I should have been keenly occupied, and the founding of an order would have never come into my head.
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When man lives under government, he is fallen, his worth is gone, and his nature tarnished.
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The head of every family will be what Abraham was, the patriarch
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A Literary Society is the most proper form for the introduction of our Order into any state where we are yet strangers.
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Of all the means I know to lead men, the most effectual is a concealed mystery.
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Let this circumstance of our constitution therefore be directed to this noble purpose
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G is Grace, the Flaming Star is the Torch of Reason.
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But I have contrived an explanation which has every advantage; is inviting to christians of every communion; gradually frees them from all religious prejudices
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Those who possess this knowledge are indeed Illuminati.
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I declare and I challenge all mankind to contradict my declaration, that no man can give any account of the order of Freemasonry
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And of all illumination which human reason can give, none is comparable to the discovery of what we are, our nature, our obligations, what happiness we are capable of, and what are the means of attaining it.
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My explanation is accurate and complete, my means are effectual, and irresistable.
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I did not bring Deism into Bavaria more than into Rome.
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