The first task of the association must therefore be to form the young members. Adam Weishaupt More Quotes by Adam Weishaupt More Quotes From Adam Weishaupt Of all the means I know to lead men, the most effectual is a concealed mystery. Adam Weishaupt nwomenmean By establishing reading societies, and subscription libraries, and taking these under our direction, and supplying them through our labors, we may turn the public mind which way we will. Adam Weishaupt historicalreadingmind 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. Adam Weishaupt lordlawreason I did not bring Deism into Bavaria more than into Rome. I found it here, in great vigour, more abounding than in any of the neighboring Protestant States. I am proud to be known to the world as the founder of the Illuminati. Adam Weishaupt romeproudworld Salvation does not lie where strong thrones are defended by swords, where the smoke of censers ascend to heaven or where thousands of strong men pace the rich fields of harvest. The revolution which is about to break will be sterile if it is not complete. Adam Weishaupt strongmenlying We see with what keenness and zeal the frivolous business of Freemasons is conducted, by persons knit together by the secrecy of their union. Adam Weishaupt secrecyunionstogether Illuminate the opposition. Adam Weishaupt opposition A Literary Society is the most proper form for the introduction of our Order into any state where we are yet strangers. Adam Weishaupt statesstrangerorder My general plan is good, though in the detail there may be faults. Adam Weishaupt detailsfaultsmay The tenor of my life has been the opposite of everything that is vile, and no man can lay any such thing to my charge. Adam Weishaupt tenorsoppositesmen The most wonderful thing of all is that the distinguished Lutheran and Calvinist theologians who belong to our order really believe that they see in it (Illuminati) the true and genuine sense of Christian Religion. Oh mortal man, is there anything you cannot be made to believe? Adam Weishaupt christianmenbelieve In another situation, and in an active station in life, I should have been keenly occupied, and the founding of an order would have never come into my head. Adam Weishaupt situationshould-haveorder But alas, they are all sadly deficient, because they leave us under the domination of political and religious prejudices; and they are as inefficient as the sleepy dose of an ordinary sermon. Adam Weishaupt politicalreligioussleep Morality will perform all this; and Morality is the fruit of Illumination. Adam Weishaupt performwillfruitmorality Nothing would be more profitable to us than a right history of mankind. Adam Weishaupt usmorenothinghistory But I would have executed much greater things, had not government always opposed my exertions, and placed others in situations which would have suited my talents. Adam Weishaupt othersthingsalwaysgovernment
