“Even elite mathematicians may have trouble losing weight if they are willing to use the arithmetic operation 2+2=3 when chocolate is involved.”—General Theosophy

“If you don’t need to run, just walk; if you don’t need to walk, just stand; if you don’t need to stand, just sit; if you don’t need to sit, just lie down; if you don’t need to lie down, just get up and start running—but only if you need to.”—General Theosophy

"If you would really prefer a life entirely without any magic or Mystery, simply make up a banal explanation for everything which happens to you."—General Theosophy

"To begin relying on one's own Psycho-Spiritual Intuition, a person must sometimes have enough nerve to first climb up and over a big rugged mountain of pertinacious communal ignorance . . . and/or sometimes even tunnel beneath an even bigger mountain of sleepy smooth-stone science. . . ."—General Theosophy

"While you are waiting for your miracle, try becoming someone else's."—General Theosophy

“If one can say a lot about a little, one may be a scientist; if one can say a lot about a lot, one may be a philosopher; if one can no longer say anything at all about Everything, one may be Enlightened.”—General Theosophy

"Sooner or later old age can be used to excuse almost everything except your history."—General Theosophy

“If AGNOSTICISM may be considered the sophisticated territory between your current non-belief and your possible future belief, INTUITION might be considered the even more sophisticated territory between your immediate apprehension of something and your gradual apprehension that other people are often not impressed and/or convinced by assertions only supported by, and only sent to them from, your inner life.”—General Theosophy

"The secret of success is simply to send in a better version of yourself."—General Theosophy

"Fortunately, anthropomorphic God cannot completely return until anthropic science has completely departed."—General Theosophy

“Always be kinder than your arsenal really needs to be.”—General Theosophy

"The Devil does not need any help presenting his cases to mortals; it is God-Within/Without which requires your cooperative advocacy."—General Theosophy

"One's personal 'Enlightenment' may have to be re-Self-evaluated if one can still be interested in getting some sort of public recognition for being Enlightened."—General Theosophy

"When writing or talking about scientifically unfalsifiable 'Spiritual' or 'esoteric' subjects, it is often best just to use the strategy of the medieval mapmakers—that is, rather than always implying Preternatural precision, sometimes simply use little stand-in crinkly lines for the coastal boundaries."—General Theosophy

"Heaven on Earth can only be attained by the systematic lowering of expectations regarding the Earth; Hell on Earth, by the raising of them."—General Theosophy

"Imitate the Earth and last even longer by using your shifting mantle of continual corrections."—General Theosophy

"Studying old Theosophical writings can sometimes be like going down a rabbit hole which is so extensive, recondite, and convoluted that one may gradually become convinced that one will never have what it takes to actually become a rabbit capable of digging even an inch farther for oneself."—General Theosophy

"Deep sleep is just a hint from Eternity which is rarely taken."—General Theosophy #107

"The PERSONAL EXCESSIVENESS which did not kill me may just be procrastinating."—General Theosophy