Of all the means I know to lead men, the most effectual is a concealed mystery.The hankering of the mind is irresistible.
ADAM WEISHAUPTAnd 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.
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And they are as inefficient as the sleepy dose of an ordinary sermon.
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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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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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Those who possess this knowledge are indeed Illuminati.
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If a writer publishes any thing that attracts notice, and is in itself just, but does not accord with our plan
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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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Of all the means I know to lead men, the most effectual is a concealed mystery.
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By establishing reading societies, and subscription libraries, and taking these under our direction, and supplying them through our labors
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Let this circumstance of our constitution therefore be directed to this noble purpose
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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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For the Order wishes to be secret and to work in silence
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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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Oh mortal man, is there anything you cannot be made to believe?
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It will be an immense relief to their enslaved minds to be freed from any one bond of restraint
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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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We must endeavour to win him over, or decry him.
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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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The public is accustomed to it, expects little from it and therefore takes little notice of it.
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The revolution which is about to break will be sterile if it is not complete.
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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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Who would imagine that I was to be the founder of a new religion.
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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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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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There is no way of influencing men so powerfully as by means of the women.
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