“A Mason is a person who is a free thinker, who does not accept anything without examination, who tests everything by his own reason, and who follows the dictates of his own conscience.”

“The Mason who is in love with the beauty of the work, who delights in the search for truth, who loves his brethren, and who strives to be a better man, is the one who is a true Freemason.”

“The light of Freemasonry is not in the eye but in the heart, not in the intellect but in the soul.”

“The true Mason is not the one who is the most learned, but the one who is the most virtuous.”

“An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.”

“The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little.”

“I am not a great believer in the philosophy that says that a nation is not able to face its problems because it has not had a period of time of great change. In the course of our history we have had many great changes and we have learned how to adapt to them.”

“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.”

“Masonry is a science, a moral institution, and a philosophy which is universally applicable. It seeks to improve individuals and societies through the practice of virtue and the promotion of unity.”

“I am persuaded that it will always be my duty, as it has been my wish, to promote and encourage the principles of Freemasonry, which are founded on the noblest and most benevolent precepts.”

“The secret of happiness is the achievement of one’s own personal goals.”

“To myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the seashore, and diverting myself now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, while the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.”

“I have always considered that my chief merit lay in having had the good fortune to have had good teachers and to have had the opportunity to observe the working of the best engines.”

“The best way to do anything is to do it.”

“The secret of getting ahead is getting started.”

“Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.”

“It is not enough to possess a knowledge of the truth; it is necessary to act upon it.”

“I may not agree with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.”

“To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.”

“We shall draw from the heart of suffering itself the means of inspiration and survival.”

“The greatest composer does not sit down to write a piece of music without having an idea of the whole.”

“The divine is in the details.”