Albert Pike

Will is the dynamic soul-force. ↗

— Albert Pike

#will

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

— Albert Pike

#ever #ideal #journey #kind #learning

War is a series of catastrophes which result in victory. ↗

— Albert Pike

#catastrophes #result #series #victory #which

A man should live with his superiors as he does with his fire: not too near, lest he burn; nor too far off, lest he freeze. ↗

— Albert Pike

#does #far #fire #freeze #his

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. ↗

— Albert Pike

#bears #cheerful #creation #different #eyes

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. ↗

— Albert Pike

#all things #born #bound #brotherhood #constitutes