"The real Devil does not bargain for people's 'souls,' only the empty spaces left on their calendars."—General Theosophy

"Progress toward full realization of your GENERAL I-AM simply means gradually losing familiarity with all the SPECIFIC WHOS you thought you were."—General Theosophy

"To age well you must first obtain a divorce from the age you love most."—General Theosophy

"Today, the more conscientious writers on 'Spiritual,' religious, and 'esoteric' subjects may simply be those who at least sometimes hope that few if any readers will stumble upon what they, as usual, just had to guess about yesterday."—General Theosophy

"No one deeply asleep or deeply Awake has something better to do."—General Theosophy

“Having to rely only on drudging willpower to accomplish daily tasks is like perpetually trying to perform magic tricks without any entertainment value for you or anyone else.”—General Theosophy

“Your particular need in life may just be to discover your general duty to identify and eliminate the particular needs you merely invent for yourself. . . ."—General Theosophy

"God or Brahman is Absolutely Undifferentiated; therefore, it follows that the first 'good-or-evil' judgment was the beginning of all evil."—General Theosophy

“Un-Seize the day! . . . to get a better grip on the moment. . . .—General Theosophy

"ADEPTSHIP may be less about doing extraordinary things in extraordinary ways and more about avoiding ordinary things which ordinarily just smother a person with even more ordinary things."—General Theosophy

“It is far more valuable to be able to utilize a rare RIVULET of MOMENTUM in old age than it is just to ride a routine RIVER of MOTIVATION in youth."—General Theosophy

"Follow the honest example of the medieval mapmakers; that is, simply draw obvious little stand-in squiggles for your under-explored Transcendental coastlines."—General Theosophy

"JUDGE NOT yourself by some PREVIOUS THING you did, only by the NEXT THING you are considering."—General Theosophy

"Every worldly success comes with some shelf life which cannot be extended; therefore, one should also prioritize trying to further one's acquaintance with the Great Everlasting-Everything."—General Theosophy

"OLD AGE can eventually be used to excuse almost any personal failing except excuse-making."—General Theosophy

“The arithmetic operation 2+2=3 is only used to calculate chocolate.”—General Theosophy

"The Sun keeps shining whether or not there are any moons around to notice or be impressed."—General Theosophy

“If there is no need to RUN, just WALK; if there is no need to walk, just STAND; if there is no need to stand, just SIT; if there is no need to sit, just LIE DOWN; if you think there should never be any need to lie down while it is still daytime, just WAKE UP because you are already DREAMING.”—General Theosophy

"LISTEN NOT to others just for a barge-in chance to say something yourself."—General Theosophy

"Fully ENLIGHTENED Buddhists do not need to RE-TAG themselves with any label—including 'BUDDHIST.'"—General Theosophy