I found it here, in great vigour, more abounding than in any of the neighboring Protestant States.
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.
More Adam Weishaupt Quotes
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I am proud to be known to the world as the founder of the Illuminati.
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These should therefore be our chief study; we should insinuate ourselves into their good opinion
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The great strength of our Order lies in its concealment.
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I did not bring Deism into Bavaria more than into Rome.
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None is fitter than the three lower degrees of Freemasonry
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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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There is no way of influencing men so powerfully as by means of the women.
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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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I am proud to be known to the world as the founder of the Illuminati.
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When man lives under government, he is fallen, his worth is gone, and his nature tarnished.
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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.
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The hankering of the mind is irresistible.
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Let this circumstance of our constitution therefore be directed to this noble purpose
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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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Cultivates the social virtues; and animates them by a great, a feasable, a speedy prospect of universal happiness,
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In another situation, and in an active station in life,
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The revolution which is about to break will be sterile if it is not complete.
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But I have contrived an explanation which has every advantage; is inviting to christians of every communion; gradually frees them from all religious prejudices
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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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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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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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For the Order wishes to be secret and to work in silence
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And it will fire them the more, and cause them to work for us with zeal, without knowing that they do so.
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For they will only be indulging their own desire of personal admiration.
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Oh mortal man, is there anything you cannot be made to believe?
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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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