Adam Weishaupt Quotes

German - Clergyman February 6, 1748 - November 18, 1830

And of all illumination which human reason can give, none is comparable to the discovery of what we are, our nature, our obligations, what happiness we are capable of, and what are the means of attaining it. Adam Weishaupt

Which, Reason, Give

The first task of the association must therefore be to form the young members. Adam Weishaupt

Task, Form, Young

My general plan is good, though in the detail there may be faults. Adam Weishaupt

General, Though, May

G is Grace, the Flaming Star is the Torch of Reason. Those who possess this knowledge are indeed Illuminati. Adam Weishaupt

Star, Flaming, Reason

The hankering of the mind is irresistible. Adam Weishaupt

Mind, Hankering

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

Sadly, Religious, Prejudices

I am proud to be known to the world as the founder of the Illuminati. Adam Weishaupt

I Am, Proud, World

Morality will perform all this; and Morality is the fruit of Illumination. Adam Weishaupt

Illumination, Will, Morality

Nothing would be more profitable to us than a right history of mankind. Adam Weishaupt

Mankind, Would, More

Of all the means I know to lead men, the most effectual is a concealed mystery. Adam Weishaupt

Most, Means, Mystery

Oh mortal man, is there anything you cannot be made to believe? Adam Weishaupt

Made, Oh, Cannot

When man lives under government, he is fallen, his worth is gone, and his nature tarnished. Adam Weishaupt

Lives, Man Lives, Nature

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

Reason, Code, Laws

The human race will then become one family, and the world will be the dwelling of Rational Men. Adam Weishaupt

World, Race, Will

This is the great object held out by this association; and the means of attaining it is illumination, enlightening the understanding by the sun of reason which will dispell the clouds of superstition and of prejudice. Adam Weishaupt

Which, Means, Reason

I did not bring Deism into Bavaria. Adam Weishaupt

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

Always, Which, Opposed

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

Active, Been, Another

It was the full conviction of this, and of what could be done, if every man were placed in the office for which he was fitted by nature and a proper education, which first suggested to me the plan of Illumination. Adam Weishaupt

Which, Placed, Education

Let this circumstance of our constitution therefore be directed to this noble purpose, and then all the objections urged against it by jealous tyranny and affrighted superstition will vanish. Adam Weishaupt

Directed, Constitution

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