More than an institution, more than a tradition, more than a society, Masonry is one of the forms of Divine life upon earth.

Each lodge is an oasis if equality and good will in a desert of strife, working to wield mankind into a great league of sympathy and services, which, by the terms of our definition, it seeks to exhibit now on a small scale.

More than an institution, more than a tradition, more than a society, Masonry is one of the forms of Divine life upon earth.

An egotist is not a man who thinks too much of himself; he is a man who thinks too little of other people.

Men build too many walls and not enough bridges.

Every person has a train of thought on which they travel when they are alone. The dignity and nobility of their life, as well as their happiness depend upon the direction in which that train is going, the baggage it carries and the scenery through which it travels.

We cannot tell what may happen to us in the strange medley of life. But we can decide what happens in us - how we can take it, what we do with it - and that is what really counts in the end.