Phoenixmasonry Museum and Library

312–315 C.E., marble, Capitoline Museums, Rome

ceiling fresco of Ettal Abbey 18th century Ettal, Bavaria, Germany Ed. (Orig. by Effi Schweizer) Lic. Ed.

Mosque in ancient Samarkand, Uzbekistan, circa 1870.

interior of St. Johann Nepomuk (Asamkirche) 18th century Asamkirche, Munich Ed. (Orig. by Schlaier) Lic. Orig. Lic. Ed.

Masonic Lodge Room in Norway (Norwegian Order of Freemasons/Den Norske Frimurerorden)

Man has two creators, his God and himself. His firstcreator furnishes him the raw material of his life andthe laws in conformity with which he can make that life what he will. Hissecond creator, himself, has marvellous powers he rarely realizes. It iswhat a man makes of himself that counts. When a man fails in life he usuallysays, “ I am as God made me.” When he succeeds he proudly proclaims himself a “ self-made man.” Man is placed into this world not as a finality,but as a possibility.Man’s greatest enemy is, himself. Man in his weaknessis the creature of circumstances; man in his strength is the creator ofcircumstances. Whether he be victim or victor depends largely on himself.Man is never truly great merely for what he is, but ever for what he maybecome. Until man be truly filled with the knowledge of the majesty of hispossibility, until there come to him the glow of realization of his privilege tolive the life committed to him, as an individual life for which he is individually responsible, he is merely groping through the years.  W.G.Jordan

Damascus Gate, Jerusalem, late 19th century or early 20th century

Bertrand Russell (via psych-facts)

Attributed to the Antiopa Painter, Leagros group, Attica.