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

The head of every family will be what Abraham was, the patriarch, the priest and the unlettered lord of his family, and Reason will be the code of laws to all mankind.

Oh mortal man, is there anything you cannot be made to believe?. Of all the means I know to lead men, the most effectual is a concealed mystery.The hankering of the mind is irresistible.

When man lives under government, he is fallen, his worth is gone, and his nature tarnished.

The human race will then become one family, and the world will be the dwelling of Rational Men.

For the Order wishes to be secret and to work in silence; for thus it is better secured from the oppression of the ruling powers, and because this secrecy gives a greater zest to the whole.

It is necessary to gain the common people to our order. The best means to that end is influence in the schools.

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

Who would imagine that I was to be the founder of a new religion.

Oh mortal man, is there anything you cannot be made to believe?

The hankering of the mind is irresistible.

You can either feed negative thoughts or you can starve the suckers.

No one should say whether others should breed or not, that would go against how I feel a woman has the right to choose. Everyone has the right to feel regret.

The wisdom of God is vaster than the wisdom of man. Failure to pay attention to it will have ramifications.

As love increases, prudence diminishes.

You've got to pursue your dreams and it will get you to places that you can't even imagine.

Traffic congestion is caused by vehicles, not by people in themselves.

My aim is to make the viewer become aware of his or her responsibility in what he or she is looking at.

Really, you should always discuss the defeats because you can learn much more from failure than from success.

Metaphysical speculation is about as pointless as a discussion on the meaning of one's lungs. They're for breathing.

You know what happiness is: 'Having a little more money than your colleagues.' And that's not so tough in academic life.