Albert Pike Quotes

American, Associate Justice Of  Arkansas Supreme Court, Author, Confederate General, Editor, Jurist, lawyer, Orator, Poet - December 29, 1809 – April 2, 1891

5 Quotes Of Albert Pike

- 01 - Noblest Achievements & The Poor

Almost all the noblest things that have been achieved in the world, have been achieved by poor men; poor scholars, poor professional men, poor artisans and artists, poor philosophers, poets, and men of genius.

- 02 - The Light & Practice

We have all the light we need, we just need to put it in practice.

- 03 - Eyes & Different Aspects

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.

- 04 - What We Do

What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal.

- 05 - Mankind's Brotherhood

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.

Eyes & Different Aspects

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

Noblest Achievements & The Poor

Almost all the noblest things 

that have been achieved in the world,

have been achieved by poor men;

poor scholars, poor professional men,

poor artisans and artists,

poor philosophers, poets, and men of genius.

Albert Pike

Mankind's Brotherhood

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

The Light & Practice

We have all the light we need,

we just need to put it in practice.

Albert Pike

What We Do

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