Albert Pike Quotes

A collection of quotes by Albert Pike.

Albert Pike (1809-1891) was an American lawyer, writer, and Freemason. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Pike moved to Arkansas where he became a prominent figure in the legal profession and played a significant role in the development of the state's judicial system. He is best known for his involvement in Freemasonry, serving as the Sovereign Grand Commander of the Scottish Rite's Southern Jurisdiction and writing several influential Masonic texts. Pike's contributions to the fraternity earned him a reputation as one of the most important figures in American Freemasonry. His work continues to be studied and respected by Freemasons worldwide.

What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us what we h

What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal.

Man is not to be comprehended as a starting-point, or progre

Man is not to be comprehended as a starting-point, or progress as a goal, without those two great forces, Faith and Love. Prayer is sublime.

Love Faith Man Progress Force

The Secret of the Occult Sciences is that of Nature itself,

The Secret of the Occult Sciences is that of Nature itself, the Secret of the generation of the Angels and Worlds, that of the Omnipotence of God.

Nature Science

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

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

Hope Science Inspirational Truth Of Life

Justice is peculiarly indispensable to nations. The unjust S

Justice is peculiarly indispensable to nations. The unjust State is doomed of God to calamity and ruin. This is the teaching of the Eternal Wisdom and of history

Wisdom Life History Nations Ruins

Faith begins where Reason sinks exhausted.

Faith begins where Reason sinks exhausted.

Faith

But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers s

But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him. God is a spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.

Truth

Almost all the noblest things that have been achieved in the

Almost all the noblest things that have been achieved in the world, have been achieved by poor men poor scholars, poor professional men, poor artisans and artists, poor philosophers, poets, and men of genius.

Men

Philosophy is a kind of journey, ever learning yet never arr

Philosophy is a kind of journey, ever learning yet never arriving at the ideal perfection of truth.

Learning

War is a series of catastrophes which result in victory.

War is a series of catastrophes which result in victory.

War

The universal medicine for the Soul is the Supreme Reason an

The universal medicine for the Soul is the Supreme Reason and Absolute Justice for the mind, mathematical and practical Truth for the body, the Quintessence, a combination of light and gold.

Truth

That which causes us trials shall yield us triumph: and that

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 commence with error, ignorance, and imperfection. We must pass through the darkness, to reach the light.

Adversity

Action is greater than writing. A good man is a nobler objec

Action is greater than writing. A good man is a nobler object of contemplation than a great author. There are but two things worth living for: to do what is worthy of being written; and to write what is worthy of being read; and the

Action(s)

The sovereignty of one's self over one's self is called Libe

The sovereignty of one's self over one's self is called Liberty.

Freedom

Doubt, the essential preliminary of all improvement and disc

Doubt, the essential preliminary of all improvement and discovery, must accompany the stages of man's onward progress. The faculty of doubting and questioning, without which those of comparison and judgment would be useless, is itself a divine prerogative of the reason.

Doubt

He who endeavors to serve, to benefit, and improve the world

He who endeavors to serve, to benefit, and improve the world, is like a swimmer, who struggles against a rapid current, in a river lashed into angry waves by the wind. Often they roar over his head, often they beat him back and baffle him. Most men yield to the stress of the current. Only here and there the stout, strong heart and vigorous arms struggle on towards ultimate success.

Service

Life is what we make it, and the world is what we make it. T

Life is what we make it, and the world is what we make it. The eyes of the cheerful and of the melancholy man are fixed upon the same creation; but very different are the aspects which it bears to them.

Life

A war for a great principle ennobles a nation.

A war for a great principle ennobles a nation.

Politics

Above all things let us never forget that mankind constitute

Above all things let us never forget that mankind constitutes one great brotherhood all born to encounter suffering and sorrow, and therefore bound to sympathize with each other.

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