“The great strength of our Order lies in its concealment.”

Of all the means I know to lead men, the most effectual is a concealed mystery.

The public is accustomed to it, expects little from it and therefore takes little notice of it.

Of all the means I know to lead men, the most effectual is a concealed mystery.The hankering of the mind is irresistible.

Every man is entitled therefore, to give any explanation of the symbols and a system of the doctrine that he can render palatable.

Oh mortal man, is there anything you cannot be made to believe?

We may turn the public mind which way we will.

For they will only be indulging their own desire of personal admiration.

Those who possess this knowledge are indeed Illuminati.

Give them hints of emancipation from the tyranny of public opinion, and of standing up for themselves;

It is necessary to gain the common people to our order. The best means to that end is influence in the schools.

Illuminate the opposition.

I should have been keenly occupied, and the founding of an order would have never come into my head.

The head of every family will be what Abraham was, the patriarch

Our secret association works in a way that nothing can withstand, and man shall soon be free and happy.

If a writer publishes any thing that attracts notice, and is in itself just, but does not accord with our plan

We must win the common people in every corner.

I do not deny that many appear to have succeeded in a material way by cutting corners and by manipulating associates, both in their professional and in their personal lives.

When an individual appears mean and lazy, we are only seeing one part of the person.

The appeal of reading, she thought, lay in its indifference: there was something undeferring about literature.

George had taken off all ten of his fingers and tied them into a bundle with what appeared to be either his own small intestines.

Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.

We are all sharks circling, and waiting, for traces of blood to appear in the water.

We each appear to hold within ourselves a range of divergent views as to our native qualities.. And amid such uncertainty, we typically turn to the wider world to settle the question of our significance.. we seem beholden to affections of others to endure ourselves.

I`m very cautious about what appears to be things put in place that will begin to roll back some of the progress that I believe we`ve made.