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 WEISHAUPTAnd they are as inefficient as the sleepy dose of an ordinary sermon.
More Adam Weishaupt Quotes
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The public is accustomed to it, expects little from it and therefore takes little notice of it.
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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 most wonderful thing of all is that the distinguished Lutheran and Calvinist theologians who belong to our order really believe that they see in it (Illuminati) the true and genuine sense of Christian Religion.
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My explanation is accurate and complete, my means are effectual, and irresistable.
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Oh mortal man, is there anything you cannot be made to believe?
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For the Order wishes to be secret and to work in silence
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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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Who would imagine that I was to be the founder of a new religion.
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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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The priest and the unlettered lord of his family, and Reason will be the code of laws to all mankind.
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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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This will be obtained chiefly by means of the schools, and by open, hearty behavior, show, condescension, popularity, and toleration of their prejudices, which we shall at leisure root out and dispel.
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We see with what keenness and zeal the frivolous business of Freemasons is conducted, by persons knit together by the secrecy of their union.
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I am proud to be known to the world as the founder of the Illuminati.
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Give them hints of emancipation from the tyranny of public opinion, and of standing up for themselves;
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