Blavatsky Theosophy Quotes & Sayings

The essence of Theosophy is the perfect harmonizing of the divine with the human in man, the adjustment of his god-like qualities and aspirations, and their sway over the terrestrial or animal passions in him. Kindness, absence of every ill feeling or selfishness, charity, goodwill to all beings, and perfect justice to others as to oneself, are its chief features. He who teaches Theosophy preaches the gospel of goodwill; and the converse of this is true also - he who preaches the gospel of goodwill, teaches Theosophy. — H. P. Blavatsky

Theosophy occupies a central place in the history of new spiritual movements, for the writings of Blavatsky and some of her followers have had a great influence outside of her organization. ... The importance of Theosophy in modern history should not be underestimated. Not only have the writings of Blavatsky and others inspired several generations of occultists, but the movement had a remarkable role in the restoration to the colonial peoples of nineteenth century Asia of their own spiritual heritage. — Robert S Ellwood

I can't think when you're in here," he said.
"What do you have to think about?"
"Making! — Judy Blume

It is an occult law moreover, that no man can rise superior to his individual failings without lifting, be it ever so little, the whole body of which he is an integral part. In the same way no one can sin, nor suffer the effects of sin, alone. In reality, there is no such thing as 'separateness' and the nearest approach to that selfish state which the laws of life permit is in the intent or motive. — Helena Petrovna Blavatsky

I wonder what Proust would have made of our present-day locus of collective fantasy, the Internet. I'm guessing he would have seized on its wistful aspect, pointing out gently and with wry humor that much of what beguiles us is the act of reaching for what isn't there. — Jennifer Egan

Every actor looks all his life for a part that will combine his talents with his personality ... 'The Odd Couple' was mine. That was the plutonium I needed. It all started happening after that. — Walter Matthau

That was the trouble with formulating a system: what could you do but repeat it? — Peter Washington

Then they saw a silvery-white orb hanging in the air in front of Lupin, — J.K. Rowling

I recall having read, at the brothers' instance, Madame Blavatsky's Key to Theosophy. This book stimulated in me the desire to read books on Hinduism, and disabused me of the notion fostered by the missionaries that Hinduism was rife with superstition. — Mahatma Gandhi

Theosophy blesses the world; Theology is its curse. — H. P. Blavatsky

Life's a sequence of gambles. You're going to win some. You're going to lose some. But that doesn't mean you shouldn't play the game. — Nicole Williams

Theosophy, on earth, is like the white ray of the spectrum, and each religion only one of the seven colours. — H. P. Blavatsky

One sometimes weeps over one's illusions with as much bitterness as over a death. — Guy De Maupassant

We can learn from past failures and mistakes, but we shouldn't get stuck there. We can keep future goals in mind, but we shouldn't get stuck there, either. The only way to reach our potential is to focus on what we must do now - this moment, this day - to perform effectively and win. — Joe Torre

If you submit to your gift, you will become known and influential — Sunday Adelaja

Theosophy is who Theosophy does, not thinks, not studies, not feels but does. — Helena Petrovna Blavatsky

Nothing is more important to a nation than its history. It is the earth upon which any society stands. — Robert Harris

I'd donated everything I was to those I loved. I would die for them. I would survive for them. And nothing was better than that. Nothing. — Pepper Winters

Fear is a strange soil. It grows obedience like corn, which grow in straight lines to make weeding easier. But sometimes it grows the potatoes of defiance, which flourish underground. — Terry Pratchett