Rosicrucians Secret Quotes & Sayings

Maeniel felt this was why all the great sages never wrote anything down. In the final analysis, scriptures are futile things, dependent as they are on the intentions of the interpreter. All too often too literal a mind can lead human students into strange follies. Sometimes it is better to allow the searchers to try to plumb the depths of the great mystery on their own and accept that not every one of those taking the road will see the same end. — Alice Borchardt

The main reason why serious historical studies of the Rosicrucian manifestos and their influence have hitherto been on the whole lacking is no doubt because the whole subject has been bedevilled by enthusiasts for secret societies. There is a vast literature on Rosicrucianism which assumes the existence of a secret society, founded by Christian Rosencreutz, and having a continuous existence up to modern times. In the vague and inaccurate world of so-called 'occultist' writing this assumption has produced a kind of literature which deservedly sinks below the notice of the serious historian. And when, as if often the case, the misty discussion of 'Rosicrucians' and their history becomes involved with the masonic myths, the enquirer feels that he is sinking helplessly into a bottomless bog. — Frances A. Yates

I grew up on all sorts of horror - Hammer Horror and Vincent Price's 'Theatre Of Blood.' I loved the hidden, scary layers, but there wasn't that much around for youngsters in terms of horror books. I can remember reading Stephen King's 'Salem's Lot' and 'Cujo,' but I thought there should be more for teenaged horror fans. — Darren Shan

Dan Brown is a character from 'Foucault's Pendulum!' I invented him. He shares my characters' fascinations - the world conspiracy of Rosicrucians, Masons, and Jesuits. The role of the Knights Templar. The hermetic secret. The principle that everything is connected. I suspect Dan Brown might not even exist. — Umberto Eco

The belief in the immortality of man is the belief in the divinity of man[.] — Ludwig Feuerbach

But know this, if you get killed out there I'm going to fire you. — Michael Buckley

I'm not bad at singing - at least in the shower. — Sean Bean

Remember the unremembered; love the unloved; salute the unsaluted; hear the unheard; do the things which have not been done! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

We pulled slow and steady through the darkness and we hammered the ears of the gods with prayers. — Bernard Cornwell

If you want to learn about a culture, you look at what buildings the people lived in but you also want to know about their cosmos. — Marina Warner

And hell, sometimes the best thing is to put on a black dress and become a wicked stepmother. There's power in that, if you're after power. — Catherynne M Valente

Protection is the first necessity of opulence and luxury — Joseph Conrad

Real success isn't just a matter of chance or choice. What really matters, before you make a choice, is that you clarify and choose what really matters. — Tony Dovale

Going vegan was a little tougher for me. The final push came from watching Gary Yourofsky's lecture at Georgia Tech in person. The video is now on YouTube. I constantly show it to people interested in learning about why I choose to live the way I do. — Andy Lally

One need not fight every battle, or die in the struggle, to be a hero. — Richard Paul Evans

So, I guess the answer to your question is very few people can bring off a novel of the future because it's just so damn hard to make it look like the future. — Jerry Pournelle

When Congress passed the Help America Vote Act in 2002, I was thrilled to learn that the federal government would offer resources to all states to assist them in enhancing the voting process in America. — DeForest Soaries