“One of the reasons for the discord around us, is the disunity within us.” ~Manly P. Hall

“If there are not reasons for living, life is likely to end or become useless, which perhaps is even more tragic than death itself.” ~Manly P. Hall

“In the defending of our old mistakes, we make new ones.” ~Manly P. Hall

“The individual dies the moment he cannot face life cheerfully.” ~Manly P. Hall

“Wherever we are, we are in the middle of ourselves.” ~Manly P. Hall

“After the average person graduates from college, he can’t face anything; he has lost all sense of direct action.” ~Manly P. Hall

“By changing ourselves, we become an inspiration to others; whereas by trying to change others, we only become a nuisance.” ~Manly P. Hall

“Society is producing anti-social forces which are hard at work to use society to destroy itself.” ~Manly P. Hall

“Today we are trying to find out how we can survive, let alone succeed.” ~Manly P. Hall

“We cannot get away from misfortune until we stop causing it.” ~Manly P. Hall

“The status symbol of being wealthy enough to not work is one of the most dangerous and deadly patterns that humanity has ever devised.” ~Manly P. Hall

“We don’t like the thought of a nation invading another nation, but we are invading other people all the time to use them for our own advantage.” ~Manly P. Hall

“Most people are happier when someone else is telling them what to do, because the strain of self-determination is too much for the majority of human beings.” ~Manly P. Hall

“The world suffers because we are wrong, and we are suffering because of our failure to put our own lives in order.” ~Manly P. Hall

“When the skills are greater than virtues, there’s always trouble in this world.” ~Manly P. Hall

“When everyone is miserable, it is a crime to be happy; and when everyone is stupid, it is a sin to be wise.” ~Manly P. Hall

“We must either perish for the smallness of our vision, or live because of greater vision.” ~Manly P. Hall

“All that wisdom can show us is that the universe is more wonderful than we can ever understand.” ~Manly P. Hall

“We cannot afford to entrust the future of our world to machines; nor can we afford to so perfect machines that idiots and tyrants can run them.” ~Manly P. Hall

“It is only because man can make mistakes that man can discover the truth.” ~Manly P. Hall