The hankering of the mind is irresistible.
ADAM WEISHAUPT
For they will only be indulging their own desire of personal admiration.
More Adam Weishaupt Quotes
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The hankering of the mind is irresistible.
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This is the great object held out by this association; and the means of attaining it is illumination, enlightening the understanding by the sun of reason which will dispell the clouds of superstition and of prejudice.
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Of its origin, of its history, of its object, nor any explanation of its mysteries and symbols, which does not leave the mind in total uncertainty on all these points.
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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.
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I am proud to be known to the world as the founder of the Illuminati.
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Let it never appear in any place in its own name but always covered by another name and another occupation.
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But alas, they are all sadly deficient, because they leave us under the domination of political and religious prejudices
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When man lives under government, he is fallen, his worth is gone, and his nature tarnished.
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Illuminate the opposition.
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We may turn the public mind which way we will.
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If every man were placed in the office for which he was fitted by nature and a proper education, which first suggested to me the plan of Illumination.
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We must endeavour to win him over, or decry him.
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And then all the objections urged against it by jealous tyranny and affrighted superstition will vanish.
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Every man is entitled therefore, to give any explanation of the symbols and a system of the doctrine that he can render palatable.
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For they will only be indulging their own desire of personal admiration.
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