If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music he hears, however measured or far away. -Henry David Thoreau
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The beauty of the sunbeam lies partly in the fact that God does not keep it; he gives it away to us all. -David Swing
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What you bring away from the Bible depends to some extent on what you carry to it. -Oliver Windell Holmes
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There are few who have courage enough to admit their faults or resolution enough to mend them. -Author Unknown
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Freemasonry has promoted fellowship, it has nurtured brotherhood, it has practiced charity. It has education, it has been founded on truth and the cardinal virtues. But what is Masonry's greatest mission in life today? What should be the thrust of modern Masonry? Those are the answers we are presently seeking, and on our success in finding the answer depends the future of our Fraternity. -L. L. Williams
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The spiritual life of the world has burned during all these centuries with the pure flame first kindled by the sublime mystic of the Galilean Hills. -John Morley
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Grant us brotherhood, not only for this day but for all the years a brother not of words but of acts and deeds. -Stephen Vincent Benet
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The last part of success, is to pass your work on to those whom will do better than you. -WRF
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All the beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less than a single lovely action. -James Russell Lowell
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Beautiful thoughts hardly bring us to God until they are acted upon. No one can have a true idea of right until he does it. -William R. Inge
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Blessed is the servant who loves his brother as much when he is sick and useless as when he is well and can be of service to him. And blessed is he who loves his brother as well when he is afar off as when he is by his side, and who would say nothing behind his back he might not, in love, say before his face. -St. Francis of Assisi
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Partnership is not a principle, but a relationship between persons who share in a common enterprise, involving common risks, common privileges, and common responsibilities. Everything depends on the reality of our partnership with one another and of each of us with God. -George Craig Stewart
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There are no strangers in Freemasonry, only friends you've yet to meet. -Author Unknown
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Shoes divide men into three classes. Some men wear their father's shoes. They make no decisions of their own. Some are unthinkingly shod by the crowd. The strong man is his own cobbler. He insists on making his own choices. He walks in his own shoes. -S. D. Gordon
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Every child comes with a message that God is not yet discouraged of man. -Rabindranath Tagore
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Give the brethren a chance to do something, anything, no matter how small or unimportant. A brother convinced that he is helpful is enthusiastic. -Carl H. Claudy
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There is no right way to do wrong. -Author Unknown
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Life is a flame that is always burning itself out, but it catches fire again every time a child is born. -George Bernard Shaw
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Let then, our act every morning be to make the following resolve for the day:
I shall not fear anyone on earth.
I shall fear only god.
I shall not bear ill will toward anyone.
I shall not submit to injustice from anyone.
I shall conquer untruth by truth.
And in resisting untruth I shall put up with all suffering.
-Mahatma Ganmdhi
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Masonry was not made to divide men, but to unite them, leaving each man free to think his own thoughts and fashion his own system of ultimate truth. All its emphasis rests upon two extremely simple and profound principles, love of God and love of man. J. F. Newton
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