"Atheists say that the possible validity of an extraordinary claim must rest upon its extraordinary evidence; Theosophists, that the possible validity of an extraordinary intuition must rest upon its extraordinary longevity despite little or no evidence whatever."—General Theosophy

“Discourage the present moment from aspiring to be just a humble disciple of the previous moment.”—General Theosophy

"If your 'beliefs' are not yet proudly vague, they are probably not yet humbly Theosophical."—General Theosophy

"It is usually a good time-saver just to ignore those who begin their sentences with "The Theosophical view is . . ." rather than "A Theosophical view is . . ."—General Theosophy

"MORTALS and METAMORTALS: those who try to figure out everything . . . and those who in addition try to figure out Everything. . . .—General Theosophy

"Youth is characterized by major mistakes sometimes resulting in surprisingly minor consequences; old age, just the reverse."—General Theosophy

"Material science is always looking for something new to say; epistemological Theosophy, something Old-and-Eternal not needed to be said."—General Theosophy

"Nothing improves tomorrow like contempt for yesterday."—General Theosophy

"The first step in actually getting somewhere is often just resisting going somewhere."—General Theosophy

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

"Half the common perplexities of life come from trying to do two things at once; the other half, from trying to get someone else to do one thing at once."—General Theosophy

"A remarkable old age may be the greatest accomplishment of youth."—General Theosophy

"Increasing general room for improvement is likely more important than any particular improvement."—General Theosophy

"Modern science might convince you that you are a biochemical machine; Theosophy, that you are in the machine."—General Theosophy

"Modern science might convince you that you are a biochemical machine; Theosophy, that you are in the machine."—General Theosophy

"Seek the sage who knows life well enough not to bother signing his or her name to whatever he or she knows."—General Theosophy

"The better educated know about more things they know little or nothing about."—General Theosophy

“The continuing mysteries of life are almost always more reliable and interesting companions than the most fulsomely footnoted finished factsheets.”—General Theosophy

"Read your own book . . . even if you haven't written it yet. . . ."—General Theosophy

"In the long run there is probably just a realization there wasn't one. . . .—General Theosophy