Two forms of government are favorable to the prevalence of falsehood and deceit. Under a Despotism, men are false, treacherous, and deceitful through fear, like slaves dreading the lash. Under a Democracy they are so as a means of attaining… — Albert Pike Copy Share Image
The doctrines of the Bible are often not clothed in the language of strict truth, but in that which was fittest to convey to… — Albert Pike Copy Share Image
If the Soul sees, after death , what passes on this earth , and watches over the welfare of those it loves, then must… — Albert Pike Copy Share Image
The double law of attraction and radiation or of sympathy and antipathy, of fixedness and movement, which is the principle of Creation, and the… — Albert Pike Copy Share Image
Death is the inseparable antecedent of life; the seed dies in order to produce the plant, and earth itself is rent asunder and dies… — Albert Pike Copy Share Image
We are all naturally seekers of wonders. We travel far to see the majesty of old ruins, the venerable forms of the hoary mountains,… — Albert Pike 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 is intentionally… — Albert Pike Copy Share Image
Virtue is but heroic bravery, to do the thing thought to be true, in spite of all enemies of flesh or spirit, in despite… — Albert Pike Copy Share Image
“The freest people, like the freest man, is always in danger of re-lapsing into servitude. Wars are almost always fatal to Republics. They create… — Albert Pike Copy Share Image
Know thou the self (spirit) as riding in a chariot, The body as the chariot. Know thou the intellect as the chariot-driver, And the… — Albert Pike Copy Share Image
There are great truths at the foundation of Freemasonry, truths which it is its mission to teach and which is constituting the very essence… — Albert Pike Copy Share Image
That which causes us trials shall yield us triumph: and that which make our hearts ache shall fill us with gladness. The only true… — Albert Pike Copy Share Image
