A solitary ascetic is a symbol of the most cowardly egotism; a hermit who flees from his brothers instead of helping them to carry the burden of life, to work for others, and to put their shoulders to the wheel… — H. P. Blavatsky Copy Share Image
We live in an age of prejudice, dissimulation and paradox, wherein, like dry leaves caught in a whirlpool, some of us are tossed helpless… — H. P. Blavatsky Copy Share Image
The more thou dost advance, the more thy feet pitfalls will meet. The Path that leadeth on is lighted by one fire - the… — H. P. Blavatsky Copy Share Image
"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… — H. P. Blavatsky Copy Share Image
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… — H. P. Blavatsky Copy Share Image
To act and act wisely when the time for action comes, to wait and wait patiently when it is time for repose, put man… — H. P. Blavatsky Copy Share Image
Be humble, if thou would'st attain to wisdom. Be humbler still, when wisdom thou hast mastered. — H. P. Blavatsky Copy Share Image
From Architecture down to the Zodiac, every science worthy of the name was imported by the Greeks — H. P. Blavatsky Copy Share Image
Endurance is the free companion of Sorrow, and Patience her master. — H. P. Blavatsky Copy Share Image
I speak "with absolute certainty" only so far as my own personal belief is concerned. Those who have not the same warrant for their… — H. P. Blavatsky Copy Share Image
Nothing of that which is conducive to help man, collectively or individually, to live not "happily" but less unhappily in this world, ought to… — H. P. Blavatsky Copy Share Image
Whatever plane our consciousness may be acting in, both we and the things belonging to that plane are, for the time being, our only… — H. P. Blavatsky Copy Share Image
