All religious expression is symbolism.

Will is the dynamic soul-force.

The eyes of the cheerful and of the melancholy man are fixed upon the same creation; but very different are the aspects which it bears to them.

Let us drink together, fellows, as we did in days of yore. And still enjoy the golden hours that Fortune has in store; The absent friends remembered be, in all that’s sung or said, And Love immortal consecrate the memory of the dead.

Masonry is a search after Light. That search leads us directly back, as you see, to the Kabalah.

That which we do for ourselves dies with us … that which we do for others lives forever.

Pride is not the heritage of man; humility should dwell with frailty, and atone for ignorance, error, and imperfection.