Kanada dogumlu Amerikali filozof, yazar, ogretim gorevlisi, astrolog ve mistik Manly Palmer Hall'in dogum yildonumu (18 Mart 1901)
"Hayatin sebebinden bihaber, hayatin amacindan bihaber, olum sirrinin ardinda ne yattigindan bihaber, fakat kendine gore butun bu sorularin cevabini bilen insan, icindeki ve disindaki butun iyi ve guzel seyleri dunyevi hirsin kanli sunaginda kurban etmeyi ister. Bilgelerin kardeslik baglariyla bir arada vakit gecirdigi o guzel dusunce bahcesi felsefi dunya, giderek solar. Onun yerini tastan, celikten, dumandan ve nefretten bir imparatorluk, insan olma potansiyeline sahip milyonlarca yaratigin hem var olmak hem kendi elleriyle dikmis olduklari ve onlari guclu bir canavar gibi bilinmeyen bir sona dogru kukreyerek surukleyen dev mekanizmayi korumak icin, telasla oraya buraya kosusturduklari bir dunya alir. Insanin gokyuzunun kralliklarini gececegini soyleyen bos inanciyla dikmis oldugu bu fiziksel imparatorlukta her sey taslasmistir. Kazancin piriltisiyla buyulenmis olan insan, tamahin Medusa benzeri yuzune bakar ve kalbi tasa keser."
“Ignorant of the cause of life, ignorant of the purpose of life, ignorant of what lies beyond the mystery of death, yet possessing within himself the answer to it all, man is willing to sacrifice the beautiful, the true, and the good within and without upon the blood-stained altar of worldly ambition. The world of philosophy–that beautiful garden of thought wherein the sages dwell in the bond of fraternity–fades from view. In its place rises an empire of stone, steel, smoke, and hate-a world in which millions of creatures potentially human scurry to and fro in the desperate effort to exist and at the same time maintain the vast institution which they have erected and which, like some mighty, juggernaut, is rumbling inevitably towards an unknown end. In this physical empire, which man erects in the vain belief that he can outshine the kingdom of the celestials, everything is changed to stone. Fascinated by the glitter of gain, man gazes at the Medusa-like face of greed and stands petrified.
"Butun insanlar ne istediklerini bilirler, fakat neye ihtiyaclari oldugunu bilmezler. Pisagor ogrencilerini kendiniz icin dua etmeyin, diye uyarirdi. Tanrilardan ricada bulunduklarinda kendileri icin bir sey istememeliydiler, cunku hicbir insan kendi icin neyin iyi oldugunu bilmez; dolayisiyla elde edildiginde zarar verecek bir seyi istemek dogru degildir."
"All men know what they want, but few know what they need. Pythagoras warned his disciples that when they prayed they should not pray for themselves; that when they asked things of the gods they should not ask things for themselves, because no man knows what is good for him and it is for this reason undesirable to ask for things which, if obtained, would only prove to be injurious."
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