Masonry is regarded as the direct descendant, or as a survival of the mysteries...of Isis and Osiris in Egypt. — Robert Freke Gould Copy Share Image
More than an institution, more than a tradition, more than a society, Masonry is one of the forms of Divine life upon… — Joseph Fort Newton Copy Share Image
From its origin to the present hour, in all its vicissitudes, Masonry has been the steady, unvarying friend of man. — Rev Erastus Burr Copy Share Image
The successive series of stratified formations are piled on one another, almost like courses of masonry. — William Buckland Copy Share Image
I hear the ruin of all space, shattered glass and toppled masonry, and time one livid final flame. — James Joyce Copy Share Image
Partition is after all only an old fortress of crumbled masonry - held together with the plaster of fiction. — Eamon de Valera Copy Share Image
Lucifer represents life, though, progress, civilization, liberty, independence. Lucifer is the Logos, the Serpent, the Savior. — H. P. Blavatsky Copy Share Image
The true Philosophy, known and practised by Solomon, is the basis on which Masonry is founded. — Albert Pike Copy Share Image
The underlying principle of Masonry is the fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of man. In this war we are engaging in… — William Howard Taft Copy Share Image
In high school, I majored in brick masonry. We had the wood shop, the machine shop, so I know about all that.… — Mr. T Copy Share Image
Mexican homes as a rule are closed off to the world by high blank walls of yellowish masonry, topped with broken glass… — Charles Portis Copy Share Image
Masonry aims at the promotion of morality and higher living by the cultivation of the social side of man, the rousing in… — William Howard Taft Copy Share Image
Instead of criticizing Masonry, let us than God for one alter where no man is asked to surrender his liberty of thought… — Joseph Fort Newton Copy Share Image
“The taste of blood and that annoying sting of a bitten tongue. Once man got the taste of blood there was no… — Brandon Garic Notch Copy Share Image
“Many workmen Built a huge ball of masonry Upon a mountain-top. Then they went to the valley below, And turned to behold… — Stephen Crane Copy Share Image
“I must learn to let go, let it all go, center myself and open my mind. The ideals, concepts and ideas of… — Brandon Garic Notch Copy Share Image
Masonry is too great an institution to have been made in a day, much less by a few men, but was a… — Joseph Fort Newton Copy Share Image
The Christian religion and Masonry have one and the same common origin: Both are derived from the worship of the Sun. The… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
What were the relations between the Jews and the secret societies? That is not easy to elucidate, for we lack reliable evidence.… — Bernard Lazare Copy Share Image
The secret of Masonry, like the secret of life, can be known only by those who seek it, serve it, live it.… — William Howard Taft Copy Share Image
The Blue Degrees are but the outer court...of the temple. Part of the symbols are displayed there to the initiate, but he… — Albert Pike Copy Share Image
I do conscientiously and sincerely believe that the Order of Freemasonry, if not the greatest, is one of the greatest moral and… — John Quincy Adams Copy Share Image
Not all Masons are obligated on the Christian Bible. Masonry is universal and men of every creed are eligible for membership so… — George Washington Copy Share Image
If, anywhere, brethren of a particular religious belief have been excluded from this Degree [18° Knight Rose Croix], it merely shows how… — Albert Pike Copy Share Image
From its origin to the present hour, in all its vicissitudes, Masonry has been the steady unwearing friend of man. — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
The institution of Masonry ought to be abandoned as one capable of much evil, and incapable of producing any good which might… — John Marshall Copy Share Image
“We all have to pay till the day we die, just to breathe the air and exist in this world.” — Brandon Garic Notch Copy Share Image
I took my obligations from white men, not from negroes. When I have to accept negroes as brothers or leave masonry, I… — Albert Pike Copy Share Image
“Life lies behind us as the quarry from whence we get tiles and copestones for the masonry of to-day.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“Perceptions of the modern masons ranged from their being a group of harmless old men who liked to play dress-up... all the… — Dan Brown Copy Share Image
The secrecy of Masonry is an honorable secrecy; any good man may ask for her secrets; those who are worthy will receive… — William Howard Taft Copy Share Image
Instead of looking at individual buildings, it makes more metaphorical sense to think of New York as one enormous chunk of masonry… — Will Self Copy Share Image
That great Kabbilistical association known in Europe under the name of Masonry appeared suddenly in the world when the revolt against the… — Eliphas Levi Copy Share Image
“A brick could be used to help you write the book you’ve always wanted to write. That is, if you wanted to… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
Masonry was not made to divide men, but to unite them, leaving each man free to think his own thoughts and fashion… — Joseph Fort Newton Copy Share Image
Advancement and promotion in Mystic Masonry is not dependent on favor; it cannot be given till it has been earned and the… — Max Heindel Copy Share Image
I felt that the decrepit state of these once magnificent buildings, with their broken gutters, walls blackened by rainwater, crumbling plaster revealing… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
All things of the sea belong to Venus; pearls and shells and alchemists' gold and kelp and the riggish smell of neap… — John Cheever Copy Share Image
“This life we lead is not just for anybody, it's for you and I to create a magnificent existence among the sheep.… — Brandon Garic Notch Copy Share Image
The prosperity of Masonry as a means of strengthening our religion and propagating true brotherly love, is one of the dearest wishes… — William Howard Taft Copy Share Image