Reverence for greatness dies out, and is succeeded by base envy of greatness.

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

You see, the deaf have an intimacy with silence. It’s there in their dreams.

Someone who dreams cannot be forced to stop—there are no limitations to dreams, because we do not own dreams, dreams are from God.

World is not like what you see

What are friends for, if not to help bear our sins?

There is no ceremony, no initiation ritual, no secret hand-shake. All you need to be a writer is to write.

History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid.

If the poem can be improved by the author's explanations, it never should have been published.

People sometimes say to me: "Craig, get out of my garden."

Tell 'em the truth and they call you a traitor, Talk to 'em honestly and they call you a hater.

You have to be smart to play a dumb blonde over and over again and keep the audience's attention without extraordinary physical equipment.