Manly P. Hall Quotes

#1. A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism; but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion.

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#2. Ignorance fears all things, falling, terror-stricken before the passing wind. Superstition stands as the monument to ignorance, and before it kneel all who realize their own weakness who see in all things the strength they do not possess

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#3. Universals cannot become particulars and particulars cannot become universals, but universals exist according to degrees and particulars exist according to conditions.

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#4. Though the modern world may know a million secrets, the ancient world knew one - and that was greater than the million; for the million secrets breed death, disaster, sorrow, selfishness, lust, and avarice, but the one secret confers life, light, and truth.

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#5. In order to make simple the great truths of Nature and the abstract principles of natural law, the vital forces of the universe were personified, becoming the gods and goddesses of the ancient mythologies. While

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#6. Experiences are the chemicals of life with which the philosopher experiments

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#7. Man i s given by Nature, a gift, and that gift is the privilege of labor. Through labor he learns all things.

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#8. Fascinated by the glitter of gain, man gazes at the Medusa-like face of greed and stands petrified.

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#9. Wisdom fears no thing, but still bows humbly to its own source, with its deeper understanding, loves all things, for it has seen the beauty, the tenderness, and the sweetness which underlie Life's mystery

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#10. The esoteric system is all based upon the ultimate motive. Ultimate motive is the service of truth itself, a complete dedication to the service of the realities of existence.

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#11. They wander in darkness seeking light, failing to realize that the light is in the heart of the darkness

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#12. If the infinite had not desired man to be wise, he would not have bestowed upon him the faculty of knowing.

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#13. Plato defined good as threefold in character: good in the soul, expressed through the virtues; good in the body, expressed through the symmetry and endurance of the parts; and good in the external world, expressed through social position and companionship.

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#14. In Freemasonry is concealed a mystery of creation, the answer to the problem of existence, and the path the student must tread in order to join those who are really the living powers behind the thrones of modern national and international affairs. p. 18

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#15. Man's status in the natural world is determined, therefore, by the quality of his thinking.

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#16. All things manifesting in the lower worlds exist first in the intangible rings of the upper spheres, so that creation is, in truth, the process of making tangible the intangible by extending the intangible into various vibratory rates.

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#17. Pythagoras said that the universal Creator had formed two things in His own image: The first was the cosmic system with its myriads of suns, moons, and planets; the second was man, in whose nature the entire universe existed in miniature.

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#18. It was apparent that materialism was in complete control of the economic structure, the final objective of which was for the individual to become part of a system providing an economic security at the expense of the human soul, mind, and body.

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