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.