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 WEISHAUPTBut alas, they are all sadly deficient, because they leave us under the domination of political and religious prejudices
More Adam Weishaupt Quotes
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Of all the means I know to lead men, the most effectual is a concealed mystery.
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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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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 should have been keenly occupied, and the founding of an order would have never come into my head.
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It was the full conviction of this, and of what could be done,
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In another situation, and in an active station in life,
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My general plan is good, though in the detail there may be faults.
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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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Oh mortal man, is there anything you cannot be made to believe?.
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Who would imagine that I was to be the founder of a new religion.
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I declare and I challenge all mankind to contradict my declaration, that no man can give any account of the order of Freemasonry
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The head of every family will be what Abraham was, the patriarch
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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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The priest and the unlettered lord of his family, and Reason will be the code of laws to all mankind.
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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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