“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.”

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.

Of all the means I know to lead men, the most effectual is a concealed mystery.The hankering of the mind is irresistible.

Every man is entitled therefore, to give any explanation of the symbols and a system of the doctrine that he can render palatable.

It has shown me that everything is illuminated in the light of the past. It is always along the side of us…on the inside, looking out.

Exist so loud that even if you die tonight, your deeds illuminate like stars.

I notice increasing reluctance on the part of marketing executives to use judgment; they are coming to rely too much on research, and they use it as a drunkard uses a lamp post for support, rather than for illumination.

When the moonlight is kind enough to illuminate your darkness. How can you ever say you are lonely?

It doesn’t matter if a cave has been in darkness for 10,000 years or half an hour, once you light a match it is illuminated.

Be a bringer of the Light. For your light can do more than illuminate your own path, you can be the light which truly lights the world.

The touch of your pale skin illuminates my darkness.

My dad is Caucasian, and my mom is African American. I’m half black and half white. Being biracial paints a blurred line that is equal parts staggering and illuminating.