For the Order wishes to be secret and to work in silence; for thus it is better secured from the oppression of the ruling powers, and because this secrecy gives a greater zest to the whole. — Adam Weishaupt Copy Share Image
We see with what keenness and zeal the frivolous business of Freemasons is conducted, by persons knit together by the secrecy of their union. — Adam Weishaupt Copy Share Image
I did not bring Deism into Bavaria more than into Rome. I found it here, in great vigour, more abounding than in any of… — Adam Weishaupt Copy Share Image
Of all the means I know to lead men, the most effectual is a concealed mystery. — Adam Weishaupt Copy Share Image
For the Order wishes to be secret and to work in silence; for thus it is better secured from the oppression of the ruling… — Adam Weishaupt Copy Share Image
The human race will then become one family, and the world will be the dwelling of Rational Men. — Adam Weishaupt Copy Share Image
The most wonderful thing of all is that the distinguished Lutheran and Calvinist theologians who belong to our order really believe that they see… — Adam Weishaupt Copy Share Image
Oh mortal man, is there anything you cannot be made to believe?. Of all the means I know to lead men, the most effectual… — Adam Weishaupt Copy Share Image
The first task of the association must therefore be to form the young members. — Adam Weishaupt Copy Share Image
Morality will perform all this; and Morality is the fruit of Illumination. — Adam Weishaupt Copy Share Image
G is Grace, the Flaming Star is the Torch of Reason. Those who possess this knowledge are indeed Illuminati. — Adam Weishaupt Copy Share Image
