"Cultivate a blissful indifference to what lower versions of yourself want or need to do."—General Theosophy

"Approaching a Theosophical writing is like finding a gold mine: while some precious metal may be extracted by the ounce or pound, worthless rocks and dirt must often be discarded by the ton or giga-ton. . . ."—General Theosophy

"There may only be two important things to accomplish in life: 1) locating the perfect chair for yourself, and 2) finding some justifiable reason to get up from it."—General Theosophy

"Be your own best audience and never miss a show."—General Theosophy

"If you believe you know something particular about the One, you may need to Generalize yourself a little more."—General Theosophy

"Don't make it so difficult; just focus on the part of yourself which is always Bliss."—General Theosophy

"RELIGIOUS FAITH: 'assertive wishful thinking.'
 RELIGIOUS THEOSOPHY: 'unassertive wishless Inkling.'"—General Theosophy

"A taste of Hell is the continuous need to carefully strategize each and every future moment."—General Theosophy

"Enlightenment, implying some rare, unbroken condition of blissful Self-awareness attainable only after a long course of meditation, may for many just as well be an entertaining form of religious superhero fiction; 'Enlightenments,' however, the little flashes of awareness that meditation is probably once again necessary to 'reset' after 'a long course of world,' may, by comparison, actually be an encouraging form of their religious…

"A person's possibly Preternatural intuitions—'Theosophical insights'—carry neither any burden of proof . . . nor any burden of public presentations. . . ."—General Theosophy

"The Inner Life is far too important to waste it entirely in the service of fame, fortune, friends, family . . . or religious fable. . . ."—General Theosophy

"Everyone needs a philosophical point of view . . . even if it is only used to avoid not studying any more philosophy; everyone needs a Guardian Angel . . . even if it is only used to avoid ever needing an Archangel. . . ."—General Theosophy

"Few things may thwart the impulse to begin writing more than the lazy realization that one probably has so much to say that one would need to long-term martyr the more entertaining parts of oneself just in order to wet-mold some raggedy shreds of words into a few all-too-short-term papier-mâché formations."—General Theosophy #254

"Ongoing contempt for oneself is the working psyche of future saints and Masters."—General Theosophy

"Growing old is learning about your body the hard way."—General Theosophy

"Theology begins with thinking and talking; Theosophy ends with thinking and talking."—General Theosophy

"A person may not become advanced in Theosophy unless he or she has a ready willingness to become a beginner again and again."—General Theosophy

"The most valuable thing a hypothetical 'Devil' might be interested in bargaining with you for may not be your hypothetical 'soul' but your daily calendar which still has some empty spaces left on it."—General Theosophy

"If you can formulate specific details which seem to travel beyond just your continuous Inkling that you have lived before and that you will live again . . . retrace all merely speculative steps and return to the safety and purity of your Ineffable Gift. . . ."—General Theosophy

"Suffering in obscurity is The Path of Epistemological Theosophy; that is, one can become too comfortable and famous to learn much more."—General Theosophy