“I declare and I challenge all mankind to contradict my declaration, that no man can give any account of the order of Freemasonry”

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.

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

The hankering of the mind is irresistible.

For the Order wishes to be secret and to work in silence

We see with what keenness and zeal the frivolous business of Freemasons is conducted, by persons knit together by the secrecy of their union.

Cultivates the social virtues; and animates them by a great, a feasable, a speedy prospect of universal happiness,

These should therefore be our chief study; we should insinuate ourselves into their good opinion

I am proud to be known to the world as the founder of the Illuminati.

I did not bring Deism into Bavaria more than into Rome.

G is Grace, the Flaming Star is the Torch of Reason.

None is fitter than the three lower degrees of Freemasonry

And they are as inefficient as the sleepy dose of an ordinary sermon.

In a state of liberty and moral equality, freed from the obstacles which subordination, rank, and riches, continually throw in our way.

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

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.

Who are always getting things wrong, are much more endearing than comedians who are sassy and smart.

I remember in the Carpenter version, you got acquainted with the characters and really knew them..

Theology is a part of our lives. It’s unavoidable. A thoughtless theology guides our lives with just as much force as a thoughtful and informed one.

That way, it’s not nagging me, things to add to my to-do list.

To live fully, outwardly and inwardly, not to ignore the external reality for the sake of the inner life, or the reverse, that’s quite a task.

Patience often gets the credit that belongs to fatigue.

Time, matter, space – all, it may be, are no more than a point.

I have to throw in on a personal note that I didn’t like history when I was in high school.