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

Adam Weishaupt Quotes

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

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

Star, Reason, Flaming

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

Made, Oh, Cannot

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

Reason, Which, Means

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

Religious, Sadly, Prejudices

I did not bring Deism into Bavaria. Adam Weishaupt

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

Reason, Which, Give

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

World, Race, Will

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

Constitution, Directed

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

More, Mankind, Would

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

May, General, Though

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

Mystery, Most, Means

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

Nature, Lives, Man Lives

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

Morality, Will, Illumination

The hankering of the mind is irresistible. Adam Weishaupt

Mind, Hankering

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

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

Education, Which, Placed

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

I Am, World, Proud

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

Young, Task, Form

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

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, Laws, Code

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