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.
ADAM WEISHAUPTOf all the means I know to lead men, the most effectual is a concealed mystery.
More Adam Weishaupt Quotes
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My explanation is accurate and complete, my means are effectual, and irresistable.
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Those who possess this knowledge are indeed Illuminati.
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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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My general plan is good, though in the detail there may be faults.
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I did not bring Deism into Bavaria more than into Rome.
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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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Oh mortal man, is there anything you cannot be made to believe?
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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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The hankering of the mind is irresistible.
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Who would imagine that I was to be the founder of a new religion.
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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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These should therefore be our chief study; we should insinuate ourselves into their good opinion
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It is necessary to gain the common people to our order. The best means to that end is influence in the schools.
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Oh mortal man, is there anything you cannot be made to believe?.
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I found it here, in great vigour, more abounding than in any of the neighboring Protestant States.
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