--- title: "4 Dogma Quotes By H. P. Blavatsky" description: "4 Dogma quotes by H. P. Blavatsky. Plus more from H. P. Blavatsky and more Dogma sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/91c/h-p-blavatsky-9600_blind_dogma-faith-these-are-the-right-and-left_1140431.jpg" --- > [Dogma? Faith? These are the right and left pillars of every soul-crushing theology. Theosophists have no dogmas, exact no blind faith.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-p-blavatsky/dogma-faith-these-are-the-right-and-left-pillars-of-every-soul/) [H. P. Blavatsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-p-blavatsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/91c/h-p-blavatsky-9600_blind_dogma-faith-these-are-the-right-and-left_1140431.jpg) > [The Christians were the first to make the existence of Satan a dogma of the church. What is the use in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-p-blavatsky/the-christians-were-the-first-to-make-the-existence-of-satan-a-dogma/) [H. P. Blavatsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-p-blavatsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/300/h-p-blavatsky-9600_christian_the-christians-were-the-first-to-make-th_1528799.jpg) > [Every one of the numberless religions and religious sects views the Deity after its own fashion; and, fathering on the unknown its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-p-blavatsky/every-one-of-the-numberless-religions-and-religious-sects-views-the/) [H. P. Blavatsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-p-blavatsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/79d/h-p-blavatsky-9600_being-true_every-one-of-the-numberless-religions-an_1702528.jpg) > [Dogmas are the toys that amuse and can satisfy but unreasoning children. They are the offspring of human speculation and prejudiced fancy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-p-blavatsky/dogmas-are-the-toys-that-amuse-and-can-satisfy-but-unreasoning/) [H. P. Blavatsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-p-blavatsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f7/h-p-blavatsky-9600_children_dogmas-are-the-toys-that-amuse-and-can-s_2164625.jpg) ## Other authors on Dogma - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-bertrand-russell-17477.jpg) Bertrand Russell 15 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dogma/bertrand-russell/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-gilbert-k-chesterton-38545.jpg) Gilbert K. Chesterton 11 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dogma/gilbert-k-chesterton/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-sam-harris-82504.jpg) Sam Harris 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dogma/sam-harris/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-thomas-jefferson-90435.jpg) Thomas Jefferson 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dogma/thomas-jefferson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-robert-green-ingersoll-79794.jpg) Robert Green Ingersoll 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dogma/robert-green-ingersoll/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-rock-cowles-2590.jpg) Rock Cowles 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dogma/rock-cowles/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-abhijit-naskar-99.jpg) Abhijit Naskar 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dogma/abhijit-naskar/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b002/author-robert-g-ingersoll-4527.jpg) Robert G. Ingersoll 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dogma/robert-g-ingersoll/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-g-k-chesterton-224.jpg) G.K. Chesterton 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dogma/g-k-chesterton/) ## More by H. P. Blavatsky > [We live in an age of prejudice, dissimulation and paradox, wherein, like dry leaves caught in a whirlpool, some of us are tossed helpless…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-p-blavatsky/we-live-in-an-age-of-prejudice-dissimulation-and-paradox-wherein-like/) [H. P. Blavatsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-p-blavatsky/) > [The more thou dost advance, the more thy feet pitfalls will meet. The Path that leadeth on is lighted by one fire - the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-p-blavatsky/the-more-thou-dost-advance-the-more-thy-feet-pitfalls-will-meet-the/) [H. P. Blavatsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-p-blavatsky/) > ["True science has no belief," says Dr. Fenwick, in Bulwer-Lytton's 'Strange Story;' "true science knows but three states of mind: denial, conviction, and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-p-blavatsky/true-science-has-no-belief-says-dr-fenwick-in-bulwer-lytton-s-strange/) [H. P. Blavatsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-p-blavatsky/) > [The idea of passing one's whole life in moral idleness, and having one's hardest work and duty done by another-whether God or man-is most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-p-blavatsky/the-idea-of-passing-one-s-whole-life-in-moral-idleness-and-having-one/) [H. P. Blavatsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-p-blavatsky/) > [To act and act wisely when the time for action comes, to wait and wait patiently when it is time for repose, put man…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-p-blavatsky/to-act-and-act-wisely-when-the-time-for-action-comes-to-wait-and-wait/) [H. P. Blavatsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-p-blavatsky/) > [Be humble, if thou would'st attain to wisdom. Be humbler still, when wisdom thou hast mastered.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-p-blavatsky/be-humble-if-thou-would-st-attain-to-wisdom-be-humbler-still-when/) [H. P. Blavatsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-p-blavatsky/) > [From Architecture down to the Zodiac, every science worthy of the name was imported by the Greeks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-p-blavatsky/from-architecture-down-to-the-zodiac-every-science-worthy-of-the-name/) [H. P. Blavatsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-p-blavatsky/) > [Endurance is the free companion of Sorrow, and Patience her master.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-p-blavatsky/endurance-is-the-free-companion-of-sorrow-and-patience-her-master/) [H. P. Blavatsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-p-blavatsky/) > [I speak "with absolute certainty" only so far as my own personal belief is concerned. Those who have not the same warrant for their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-p-blavatsky/i-speak-with-absolute-certainty-only-so-far-as-my-own-personal-belief/) [H. P. Blavatsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-p-blavatsky/) > [Nothing of that which is conducive to help man, collectively or individually, to live not "happily" but less unhappily in this world, ought to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-p-blavatsky/nothing-of-that-which-is-conducive-to-help-man-collectively-or/) [H. P. Blavatsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-p-blavatsky/) > [Patience leads to power; but eagerness in greed leads to loss.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-p-blavatsky/patience-leads-to-power-but-eagerness-in-greed-leads-to-loss/) [H. P. Blavatsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-p-blavatsky/) > [Whatever plane our consciousness may be acting in, both we and the things belonging to that plane are, for the time being, our only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-p-blavatsky/whatever-plane-our-consciousness-may-be-acting-in-both-we-and-the/) [H. P. Blavatsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-p-blavatsky/) > [Matter is spirit at its lowest level. Spirit is matter at its highest level.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-p-blavatsky/matter-is-spirit-at-its-lowest-level-spirit-is-matter-at-its-highest/) [H. P. Blavatsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-p-blavatsky/) > [The mind is the slayer of the real, let the disciples slay the slayer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-p-blavatsky/the-mind-is-the-slayer-of-the-real-let-the-disciples-slay-the-slayer/) [H. P. Blavatsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-p-blavatsky/) > [The exercise of magical power is the exercise of natural powers, but superior to the ordinary functions of Nature. A miracle is not a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-p-blavatsky/the-exercise-of-magical-power-is-the-exercise-of-natural-powers-but/) [H. P. Blavatsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-p-blavatsky/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dogma/h-p-blavatsky/#itemlist", "name": "4 Dogma Quotes By H. P. Blavatsky", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Dogma? Faith? These are the right and left pillars of every soul-crushing theology. Theosophists have no dogmas, exact no blind faith.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "H. P. 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