Albert Pike

“We must pass through the darkness, to reach the light.”

“That which causes us trials shall yield us triumph: and that which make our hearts ache shall fill us with gladness. The only true happiness is to learn, to advance, and to improve: which could not happen unless we had commenced with error, ignorance, and imperfection. We must pass through the darkness, to reach the light.”

“Less glory is more liberty. When the drum is silent, reason sometimes speaks.”

“ما فعلناه لأنفسنا و حسب يموت معنا ، و ما فعلناه للآخرين و للعالم لا يفنى.”

“Man's real genius and knowledge remains preserved in books”

“Let us drink together, fellows, as we did in days of yore.And still enjoy the golden hours that Fortune has in store;The absent friends remembered be, in all that’s sung or said,And Love immortal consecrate the memory of the dead.”

“What we do for ourselves dies with us. What we do for others and the world remains and is immortal.”