And of all illumination which human reason can give, none is comparable to the discovery of what we are, our nature, our obligations, what happiness we are capable of, and what are the means of attaining it.
From Adam Weishaupt
Oh mortal man, is there anything you cannot be made to believe?
When man lives under government, he is fallen, his worth is gone, and his nature tarnished.
Let this circumstance of our constitution therefore be directed to this noble purpose, and then all the objections urged against it by jealous tyranny and affrighted superstition will vanish.
But I would have executed much greater things, had not government always opposed my exertions, and placed others in situations which would have suited my talents.
G is Grace, the Flaming Star is the Torch of Reason. Those who possess this knowledge are indeed Illuminati.
The human race will then become one family, and the world will be the dwelling of Rational Men.
This is the great object held out by this association; and the means of attaining it is illumination, enlightening the understanding by the sun of reason which will dispell the clouds of superstition and of prejudice.
Of all the means I know to lead men, the most effectual is a concealed mystery.
It was the full conviction of this, and of what could be done, if every man were placed in the office for which he was fitted by nature and a proper education, which first suggested to me the plan of Illumination.
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