Manly Palmer Hall

“Symbolism is the language of the Mysteries. By symbols men have ever sought to communicate to each other those thoughts which transcend the limitations of language.”

“To repress a desire is to indulge it.”

“Wisdom is the accumulated knowledge which gleans the meaning of life, and happiness is the posture of soul which sheds the light of that meaning upon the world.”

“We can only escape from the world by outgrowing the world. Death may take man out of the world but only wisdom can take the world out of the man.”

“To live in the world without becoming aware of the meaning of the world is like wandering about in a great library without touching the books.”

“The end of science is not to prove a theory, but to improve mankind.”

“Words are potent weapons for all causes, good or bad.”

“A little learning is a dangerous thing, but a little inspiration is a great blessing.”

“Man is a god in the making, and as the gods of old, he suffers the pains of self-creation.”

“The perfect man is not the one who has captured the mystery of God, but the one who has been captured by it.”

“The ignorant man is not the man who does not know, but the man who does not wish to know.”

“The ways of men are conditioned by their beliefs.”

“Ideals are the world's masters.”

“Philosophy is the science of estimating values.”

“The true Mason is not creed-bound. He realizes with the divine illumination of his lodge that as a Mason his religion must be universal.”

“He who lives in the single reality of his own being lives in all things.”

“A man's character is the arbiter of his destiny.”

“The greatest of all the arts is the art of living.”