Manly Hall Quotes

We are the gods of the atoms that make up ourselves but we are also the atoms of the gods that make up the universe.

Symbolism is the language of the Mysteries. By symbols men have ever sought to communicate to each other those thoughts which transcend the limitations of language.

An unhealthy mind, even in a healthy body, will ultimately destroy health.

Khem was an ancient name for the land of Egypt; and both the words alchemy and chemistry are a perpetual reminder of the priority of Egypt's scientific knowledge.

The way of heaven can be known and experienced through the heart.

There is no place for little minds in a great work

Symbols are oracular forms-mysterious patterns creating vortices in the substances of the invisible world.

The end of science is not to prove a theory, but to improve mankind.

If the infinite had not desired man to be wise, he would not have bestowed upon him the faculty of knowing.

It must be shown that self-seeking is out of fashion, and that the world is moving on to a larger conception of living.

The adoration of the sun was one of the earliest and most natural forms of religious expression. Complex modern theologies are merely involvements and amplifications of this simple aboriginal belief.

Experiences are the chemicals of life with which the philosopher experiments

Words are potent weapons for all causes, good or bad.

Moderation is the secret of survival.

Suicide thwarts the plan of the entity which sends out the personality. Fortunately, the entity is far beyond the reach of man's destructive tendencies.

In ancient times men fought with their right arms and defended with their left arms... ...the right side of the body was considered masculine and the left side feminine.

Man's security comes from within himself.

It is only a step from boredom to disillusionment, which leads naturally to self-pity, which in turn ends in chaos.