“Of all the means I know to lead men, the most effectual is a concealed mystery.”

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.

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

We may turn the public mind which way we will.

For they will only be indulging their own desire of personal admiration.

Those who possess this knowledge are indeed Illuminati.

Give them hints of emancipation from the tyranny of public opinion, and of standing up for themselves;

It is necessary to gain the common people to our order. The best means to that end is influence in the schools.

Illuminate the opposition.

The great strength of our Order lies in its concealment.

I should have been keenly occupied, and the founding of an order would have never come into my head.

The head of every family will be what Abraham was, the patriarch

Our secret association works in a way that nothing can withstand, and man shall soon be free and happy.

If a writer publishes any thing that attracts notice, and is in itself just, but does not accord with our plan

We must win the common people in every corner.

And it will fire them the more, and cause them to work for us with zeal, without knowing that they do so.

Every man has a right to be conceited until he is successful.

Violence can only be concealed by a lie, and the lie can only be maintained by violence.

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

To live well is to live concealed.