To you, Sovereign Grand Inspectors General (33rd Degree Masons), we say this, that you may repeat it to the Brethren of the 32nd, 31st, and 30th degr….

The sources of our knowledge of the kabalistic doctrines are the books of Yetzirah and Zohar, the former drawn up in the second century, and the latt….

Toleration, holding that every other man has the same right to his opinion and faith that we have to ours; and liberality, holding that as no human b….

We must pass through the darkness, to reach the light..

We are all naturally seekers of wonders. We travel far to see the majesty of old ruins, the venerable forms of the hoary mountains, great waterfalls,….

The Blue Degrees are but the outer court...of the temple. Part of the symbols are displayed there to the initiate, but he is intentionally misled by ….

Masonry is identical with the Ancient Mysteries.

Almost all the noblest things that have been achieved in the world, have been achieved by poor men; poor scholars, poor professional men, poor artisa….

Philosophy is a kind of journey, ever learning yet never arriving at the ideal perfection of truth..

Pride is not the heritage of man; humility should dwell with frailty, and atone for ignorance, error, and imperfection..

I took my obligations from white men, not from negroes. When I have to accept negroes as brothers or leave masonry, I shall leave it.

A good man will find that there is goodness in the world; an honest man will find that there is honesty in the world; and a man of principle will fin….

We live our little life; but Heaven is above us and all around and close to us; and Eternity is before us and behind us; and suns and stars are silen….

What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal..

That which causes us trials shall yield us triumph: and that which make our hearts ache shall fill us with gladness. The only true happiness is to le….

Two forms of government are favorable to the prevalence of falsehood and deceit. Under a Despotism, men are false, treacherous, and deceitful through….

The Secret of the Occult Sciences is that of Nature itself, the Secret of the generation of the Angels and Worlds, that of the Omnipotence of God ..

Strange and mysterious name to give to the spirit of Darkness! Lucifer, the Son of the Morning! Is it he who bears the Light, and with its splendors ….

The Word of God is the universal and invisible Light, cognizable by the senses, that emits its blaze in the Sun, Moon, Planets, and other Stars..

Fictions are necessary for the people, and the Truth becomes deadly to those who are not strong enough to contemplate it in all its brilliance. In fa….

The doctrines of the Bible are often not clothed in the language of strict truth, but in that which was fittest to convey to a rude and ignorant peop….