Manly Hall Quotes


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.

We are the gods of the atoms that make up ourselves but we are also the atoms of the gods that make up the universe.

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.

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.

If the infinite had not desired man to be wise he would not have bestowed upon him the faculty of knowing.

It is only a step from boredom to disillusionment which leads naturally to self-pity which in turn ends in chaos

An unhealthy mind even in a healthy body will ultimately destroy health.

Symbols are oracular forms-mysterious patterns creating vortices in the substances of the invisible world.

Man's status in the natural world is determined therefore by the quality of his thinking.

Words are potent weapons for all causes good or bad.

Experiences are the chemicals of life with which the philosopher experiments

It must be shown that self-seeking is out of fashion and that the world is moving on to a larger conception of living.

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.

The way of heaven can be known and experienced through the heart.

The end of science is not to prove a theory but to improve mankind.

There is no place for little minds in a great work

Man's security comes from within himself.

Moderation is the secret of survival.

Symbolism is the language of the Mysteries. By symbols men have ever sought to communicate to each other those thoughts which transcend the limitations of language.