Patience leads to power; but eagerness in greed leads to loss. H. P. Blavatsky More Quotes by H. P. Blavatsky More Quotes From H. P. Blavatsky Meditation has been defined as the cessation of active eternal thought. H. P. Blavatsky eternal active meditation Donkeys have the courage to bray after the death of a lion. (not meant to glorify carnivorous practice). H. P. Blavatsky lions practice donkey I have pledged my word to help people on to truth while living and - will keep my word. Let them abuse and revile me. Let some call me a medium, and a Spiritualist, and others an imposter. The day will come when posterity will learn to know me better. H. P. Blavatsky abuse helping people Is the scraping off of a barnacle the destruction of a ship? H. P. Blavatsky ships destruction change Theosophy, on earth, is like the white ray of the spectrum, and each religion only one of the seven colours. H. P. Blavatsky rays earth white How long shall we Spiritualists be turned over like so many scapegoats to the unbelievers, by cheating mediums and speculating prophets? H. P. Blavatsky prophet long cheating It is, then, by those shadows of the hoary Past and their fantastic silhouettes on the external screen of every religion and philosophy, that we can, by checking them as we go along, and comparing them, trace out finally the body that produced them. H. P. Blavatsky shadow philosophy past