Masonry is a search after Light. That search leads us directly back, as you see, to the Kabalah.
Albert PikeA man should live with his superiors as he does with his fire: not too near, lest he burn; nor too far off, lest he freeze.
Albert PikeWhat we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal.
Albert PikeWe are all naturally seekers of wonders. We travel far to see the majesty of old ruins, the venerable forms of the hoary mountains, great waterfalls, and galleries of art. And yet the world's wonder is all around us; the wonder of setting suns, and evening stars, of the magic spring-time, the blossoming of the trees, the strange transformations of the moth...
Albert Pike