"Happy is the time not wasted thinking about happiness."—General Theosophy

"An old saying: 'Truth is stranger than fiction and fiction is truer than fact.' Therefore, let us pity those who are unable to fictionalize themselves into at least a little Mystery and Larger Meaning."—General Theosophy

"As long as a person doesn't always feel like a great Spiritual personality, there is probably still a good chance that he or she can make even more progress toward becoming one."—General Theosophy

"A secret disdain for oneself is probably the unfair advantage of most of those who inevitably succeed."—General Theosophy

"Aristotle: 'The unexamined life is not worth living.' General Theosophy: 'The unperplexed life is not worth examining.'"—General Theosophy

"If it is no longer completely a scientifically unsupported assertion, it is no longer completely Theosophy."—General Theosophy

"In the outer world, trying leads to success; in the inner world, maybe stopping trying-too-hard. . . ."—General Theosophy

"Every childhood is extraordinary in a Psycho-Spiritual sense. The problem to overcome is not that 'Life sucks and then you die'; rather, it is that 'Life becomes ordinary and then you die.'"—General Theosophy

"True wealth may sometimes be not how much money you have but how much of your own time you actually own."—General Theosophy

"If you must keep telling yourself you are great, it is likely not the Greater Part of yourself which needs to do this telling."—General Theosophy

"Ordinary life was the first pandemic."—General Theosophy

"A Spiritual life requires no pilgrimages; a fish does need to jump out of one pond and into another in order to get a drink."—General Theosophy

"When it comes to the possibility of 'reincarnating,' it is probably far more comfortable to live with just a suspicion you simply can't shake rather than a fully proclaimed certainty you don't dare disturb."—General Theosophy

"I fear death less than I fear the fear of death."—General Theosophy

"Personal meditative experiences which become increasingly 'subtle' or 'Undifferentiated' may also be justifiably termed 'Spiritual' or even 'Divine' . . . irrespective of whether there are any atheists around who might immediately try to disqualify such usage . . . perhaps because it lacks the easily assailable anthropomorphism which normally at least gives them something to talk about. . . ."—General Theosophy

"As one gets older, life should primarily become an ever-more interesting psychological adventure . . . rather than merely a series of masochistically self-enrolled crash-courses about age-related physical problems."—General Theosophy

"There is nothing wrong with having disciples . . . unless, of course, you wanted them. . . ."—General Theosophy

"A person who has not yet fully realized Here might still mistakenly think that there is actually somewhere else he or she can go, including under the ground."—General Theosophy

"A cat can teach you to pity poor creatures who must keep busy to keep happy."—General Theosophy

"If your personal Theosophy seems to completely convince you that you will have another lifetime, you are probably not basing this on Theosophy alone; however, if your Theosophy completely fails to give you the suspicion that 'You' may have another lifetime coming, you are probably not using Theosophy at all."—General Theosophy