A 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.

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

All religious expression is symbolism.

The common right is nothing more or less than the protection of all, pouring its rays on each. This protection of each by all, is Fraternity.

There are no temptations from which assailed virtue may not gain strength, instead of falling before them, vanquished and subdued.

Less glory is more liberty. When the drum is silent, reason sometimes speaks.

We 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...