Quotes from "The Lost Symbol"

"What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal." ~Albert Pike (page 454)

"Time is a river... And books are boats. Many volumes start down that stream, only to be wrecked and lost beyond recall in its sands. Only a few, very few, endure the testings of time and live to bless the ages following." (page 488)

"Small minds have always lashed out at what they don't understand. There are those who create... and those who tear down. The dynamic has existed for all time. But eventually the creators find believers, and the number of believers reach a crictical mass, and suddenly [...] perception is transformed, and a new reality is born." (page 503)