Masonry is not a religion. He who makes of it a religious belief, falsifies and denaturalizes it.

We Masons are among the fortunate ones who are taught to meet together with others opposing convictions or competitive ideas and yet respect each other as Brothers.

What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal.

Philosophy is a kind of journey, ever learning yet never arriving at the ideal perfection of truth.

One man is equivalent to all Creation. One man is a World in miniature.

A good man will find that there is goodness in the world; an honest man will find that there is honesty in the world; and a man of principle will find principle and integrity in the hearts of others.

It is not in the books of the Philosophers, but in the religious symbolism of the Ancients, that we must look for the footprints of Science, and re-discover the Mysteries of Knowledge.

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

The Secret of the Occult Sciences is that of Nature itself, the Secret of the generation of the Angels and Worlds, that of the Omnipotence of God .

The universal medicine for the Soul is the Supreme Reason and Absolute Justice; for the mind, mathematical and practical Truth; for the body, the Quintessence, a combination of light and gold.

I took my obligations from white men, not from negroes. When I have to accept negroes as brothers or leave masonry, I shall leave it

All civilizations at some time have fallen into this total terror, when the mystery of life was a kind of panic only to be assuaged by the spilling of blood.

You can't drink all day if you don't start in the morning.

You can email me, but I prefer letters that come through conventional mail. I like letters that have been licked by strangers.

It is only through religion that communism can be achieved, and has been achieved over and over.

Democrats may be in the minority in Congress, but we speak for the majority of Americans.

I would have to take some kind of revenge if my girlfriend had been aggressed, my mother had been aggressed, or my kids had been aggressed. I think I would go for personal revenge.

There is but an inch of difference between a cushioned chamber and a padded cell.

I just continue to be kind of disappointed that people don't realize that and try and diversify the kind of work they are doing in comics.

You are only one prayer away from a dream fulfilled, a promise kept, or a miracle performed.

If you are small and don't particularly want credit for what you are doing, you can achieve a lot.