We see with what keenness and zeal the frivolous business of Freemasons is conducted, by persons knit together by the secrecy of their union.

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.

I would rather earn 1% off a 100 people's efforts than 100% of my own efforts.

Well, God knows you're barely standing but you've got to carry this heavy load.

Strange, isn't it, that no chemical will give a human being the iridescence that illusions have given them? Give me your hat.

Trust your gut. Respect and show up for yourself or no one else will. Show up for your friends too.

Instead of the bright, blue sky of America, I am covered with the soft, grey fog of the Emerald Isle. I breathe, and lo! the chattel becomes a man.

A high civilization is a pyramid: it can stand only on a broad base; its primary prerequisite is a strong and soundly consolidated mediocrity.

I'm a hypercompetitive individual.

Some folks think life and technology and mind can keep expanding forever. Others say it can't. We are still not clear on that.

Well, my work is done here. Thanks, boys!

It was like being in a Jane Austen novel, but one with far less clothing.