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.

I did not bring Deism into Bavaria more than into Rome. I found it here, in great vigour, more abounding than in any of the neighboring Protestant States. I am proud to be known to the world as the founder of the Illuminati.

The great strength of our Order lies in its concealment; let it never appear in any place in its own name but always covered by another name and another occupation. None is fitter than the three lower degrees of Freemasonry; the public is accustomed to it, expects little from it and therefore takes little notice of it.

I am proud to be known to the world as the founder of the Illuminati.

A Literary Society is the most proper form for the introduction of our Order into any state where we are yet strangers.

Of all the means I know to lead men, the most effectual is a concealed mystery.