List of Manly Hall Quotes

It Is The Exact Experience Of Mathematics. Not Merely The Adding Up Of Your Grocery Bill, Or The Daily Uses That We Make Of Number. But The Great Concept Of A Universal Exactitude, That Numbers Are An Instrument Of Magic. And By Means Of Them, Men Can Unlock All The Wonders Of The World.

Suicide Thwarts The Plan Of The Entity Which Sends Out The Personality. Fortunately, The Entity Is Far Beyond The Reach Of Man's Destructive Tendencies.

Before Our Globe Had Become Egg-shaped Or Round It Was A Long Trail Of Cosmic Dust Or Fire-mist, Moving And Writhing Like A Serpent. This, Say The Explanations, Was The Spirit Of God Moving On The Chaos Until Its Breath Had Incubated Cosmic Matter And Made It Assume The Annular Shape Of A Serpent With Its Tail In Its Month--emblem Of Eternity In Its Spiritual And Of Our World In Its Physical Sense.

The Adoration Of The Sun Was One Of The Earliest And Most Natural Forms Of Religious Expression. Complex Modern Theologies Are Merely Involvements And Amplifications Of This Simple Aboriginal Belief.

Words Are Potent Weapons For All Causes, Good Or Bad.

The Headdresses Of The Egyptians Have Great Symbolic And Emblematic Importance, For They Represent The Auric Bodies Of The Superhuman Intelligences, And Are Used In The Same Way That The Nimbus, Halo, And Aureole Are Used In Christian Religious Art.

Philosophy Is The Science Of Estimating Values. The Superiority Of Any State Or Substance Over Another Is Determined By Philosophy. By Assigning A Position Of Primary Importance To What Remains When All That Is Secondary Has Been Removed, Philosophy Thus Becomes The True Index Of Priority Or Emphasis In The Realm Of Speculative Thought.

Experiences Are The Chemicals Of Life With Which The Philosopher Experiments

Man's Security Comes From Within Himself.

It Must Be Shown That Self-seeking Is Out Of Fashion, And That The World Is Moving On To A Larger Conception Of Living.

Moderation Is The Secret Of Survival.

The End Of Science Is Not To Prove A Theory, But To Improve Mankind.

If The Infinite Had Not Desired Man To Be Wise, He Would Not Have Bestowed Upon Him The Faculty Of Knowing.

Secret Societies Have Existed Among All Peoples, Savage And Civilized, Since The Beginning Of Recorded History... It Is Beyond Question That The Secret Societies Of All Ages Have Exercised A Considerable Degree Of Political Influence.

In Ancient Times Men Fought With Their Right Arms And Defended With Their Left Arms... ...the Right Side Of The Body Was Considered Masculine And The Left Side Feminine.

This Tree Is Indeed A Tree Of Life, For Without The Higher And Finer Sentiments Man Does Not Life; He Merely Exists. If Any Branch Of That Tree Does Not Bear Fruit, The Master Tells Us That It Shall Be Cut Off And Cast Into The Fire. It Is The Duty Of All Living Things To Produce Some Truly Constructive Labor As Recognition Of The Divine Life Which Is Within Them. God Is Most Glorified When His Children Glorify His Spirit Within Themselves.

Khem Was An Ancient Name For The Land Of Egypt; And Both The Words Alchemy And Chemistry Are A Perpetual Reminder Of The Priority Of Egypt's Scientific Knowledge.

It Is Only A Step From Boredom To Disillusionment, Which Leads Naturally To Self-pity, Which In Turn Ends In Chaos.

Symbols Are Oracular Forms-mysterious Patterns Creating Vortices In The Substances Of The Invisible World.

To Avoid A Future Of War, Crime, And Bankruptcy, The Individual Must Begin To Plan His Own Destiny, And The Best Source For The Necessary Information Comes Down To Us Through The Writings Of The Ancients. The Greatest Knowledge Of All Time Should Be Available ... In A Book That Would Be A Monument, Not Merely A Coffin.

What Nobler Relationship Than That Of Friend? What Nobler Compliment Can Man Bestow Than Friendship? The Bonds And Ties Of The Life We Know Break Easily, But Through Eternity One Bond Remains - The Bond Of Fellowship - The Fellowship Of Atoms, Of Star Dust In Its Endless Flight, Of Suns And Worlds, Of Gods And Men. The Clasped Hands Of Comradeship Unite In A Bond Eternal - The Fellowship Of Spirit.

There Is No Place For Little Minds In A Great Work

The Way Of Heaven Can Be Known And Experienced Through The Heart.

Wisdom Is A Condition Of Consciousness Rather Than An Attitude Of Mind. Wisdom Is That State Of Being In Which An Individual Finds Himself When Realization Has Tinctured And Transmuted All Attitudes And Opinions. A Wise Man Is One Who Has Experienced Wisdom, Wisdom In This Sense Being A Mystical Experience.