We do not see and estimate the relative importance of objects so easily and clearly from the level or the waving land as from the elevation of a lone peak, towering above the plain; for each looks through his own mist.
Albert PikeEvery Masonic Lodge is a temple of religion; and its teachings are instruction in religion.
Albert PikeThat which we do for ourselves dies with us … that which we do for others lives forever.
Albert Pike