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.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Better to illuminate than merely to shine, to deliver to others contemplated truths than merely to contemplate.
To penetrate and dissipate these clouds of darkness, the general mind must be strengthened by education.
Direct observation of the luminous essence of nature is for me indispensable.
The object of religion is the imagination, that deep and inexhaustible font of our understanding and symbolizing our deepest possibilities.
I believe in the power of poetry, which gives me reasons to look ahead and identify a glint of light.
Knowledge once gained casts a light beyond its own immediate boundaries.
Above the cloud with its shadow is the star with its light. Above all things reverence thyself.
Where I am not understood, it shall be concluded that something very useful and profound is couched underneath.
The real meaning of enlightenment is to gaze with undimmed eyes on all darkness.
A great man is a torch in the darkness, a beacon in superstition's night, an inspiration and a prophecy.