The Christians were the first to make the existence of Satan a dogma of the church. What is the use in a Pope if there is no Devil ?

Is the scraping off of a barnacle the destruction of a ship?

The discoveries of modern science do not disagree with the oldest traditions which claim an incredible antiquity for our race.

Ridicule is the deadliest weapon of the age.

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

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

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.