The Secret Doctrine is the common property of the countless millions of men born under various climates, in times with which History refuses to deal, and to which esoteric teachings assign dates incompatible with the theories of Geology and Anthropology.

Be humble, if thou would'st attain to wisdom. Be humbler still, when wisdom thou hast mastered.

Dogmas are the toys that amuse and can satisfy but unreasoning children. They are the offspring of human speculation and prejudiced fancy.

We live in an age of prejudice, dissimulation and paradox, wherein, like dry leaves caught in a whirlpool, some of us are tossed helpless . . . ever struggling between our honest convictions and fear of that cruelest of tyrants -- PUBLIC OPINION.

Donkeys have the courage to bray after the death of a lion. (not meant to glorify carnivorous practice).

Hast thou attuned thyself to the suffering of humanity, O candidate for light?

Ridicule is the deadliest weapon of the age.