The more thou dost advance, the more thy feet pitfalls will meet. H. P. Blavatsky More Quotes by H. P. Blavatsky More Quotes From H. P. Blavatsky When science shall have effectually demonstrated to us the origin of matter, and proved the fallacy of the occultists and old philosophers who held (as their descendants now hold) that matter is but one of the correlations of spirit, then will the world of skeptics have a right to reject the old Wisdom, or throw the charge of obscenity in the teeth of the old religions. H. P. Blavatsky teeth matter world Even in our day, science suspects beyond the Polar seas, at the very circle of the Arctic Pole, the existence of a sea which never freezes and a continent which is ever green. H. P. Blavatsky circles ocean sea Patience leads to power; but eagerness in greed leads to loss. H. P. Blavatsky greed loss patience There is no [...] higher than the truth. H. P. Blavatsky higher science religion Dogmas are the toys that amuse and can satisfy but unreasoning children. They are the offspring of human speculation and prejudiced fancy. H. P. Blavatsky fancy children religion Ridicule is the deadliest weapon of the age. H. P. Blavatsky ridicule weapons age Spiritualism is but a baby now, an unwelcome stranger, whom public opinion, like an unnatural foster mother, tries to crush out of existence. H. P. Blavatsky crush mother baby This Law -- whether Conscious or Unconscious --predestines nothing and no one. It exists from and in Eternity, truly, for it is ETERNITY itself; and as such, since no act can be co-equal with eternity, it cannot be said to act, for it is ACTION itself...Karma creates nothing, nor does it design. It is man who plans and creates causes, and Karmic law adjusts the effects; which adjustment is not an act, but universal harmony, tending ever to resume its original position. H. P. Blavatsky karma law men "True science has no belief," says Dr. Fenwick, in Bulwer-Lytton's 'Strange Story;' "true science knows but three states of mind: denial, conviction, and the vast interval between the two, which is not belief, but the suspension of judgment." Such, perhaps, was true science in Dr. Fenwick's days. But the true science of our modern times proceeds otherwise; it either denies point-blank, without any preliminary investigation, or sits in the interim, between denial and conviction, and, dictionary in hand, invents new Graeco-Latin appellations for non-existing kinds of hysteria! H. P. Blavatsky latin two hands It is an occult law moreover, that no man can rise superior to his individual failings without lifting, be it ever so little, the whole body of which he is an integral part. In the same way no one can sin, nor suffer the effects of sin, alone. In reality, there is no such thing as 'separateness' and the nearest approach to that selfish state which the laws of life permit is in the intent or motive. H. P. Blavatsky selfish men reality The Occultists, however, know that the traditions of Esoteric Philosophy must be the right ones, simply because they are the most logical, and reconcile every difficulty. H. P. Blavatsky esoteric tradition philosophy Prepare, and be forewarned in time. If thou hast tried and failed, O dauntless fighter, yet lose not courage: fight on, and to the charge return again and yet again... H. P. Blavatsky freedom fighting life We cut these numerous windings in our destinies daily with our own hands, while we imagine that we are pursuing a track on the royal high road of respectability and duty, and then complain of those ways being so intricate and so dark. We stand bewildered before the mystery of our own making, and the riddles of life that we will not solve, and then accuse the great Sphinx of devouring us. H. P. Blavatsky destiny cutting dark Everything lives and perishes through magnetism; one thing affects another one, even at great distances, and its "congenitals" may be influenced to health and disease by the power of this sympathy, at any time, and notwithstanding the intervening space. H. P. Blavatsky distance space may As no cause remains without its due effect from greatest to least, from a cosmic disturbance down to the movement of your hand, and as like produces like, Karma is that unseen and unknown law which adjusts wisely, intelligently, and equitably each effect to its cause, tracing the latter back to its producer. H. P. Blavatsky karma law hands We see that every external motion, act, gesture, whether voluntary or mechanical, organic or mental, is produced and preceded by internal feeling or emotion, will or volition, and thought or mind. H. P. Blavatsky gestures mind feelings Endurance is the free companion of Sorrow, and Patience her master. H. P. Blavatsky endurance sorrow patience The whole order of nature evinces a progressive march towards a higher life. H. P. Blavatsky march progressive order Theosophy is who Theosophy does, not thinks, not studies, not feels but does. H. P. Blavatsky study doe thinking The mind is the slayer of the real, let the disciples slay the slayer. H. P. Blavatsky slayer real mind
![There is no [...] higher than the truth. by H. P. Blavatsky](https://whatsmyquote.com/images/quote-medium-quote-0a2fee0bde8b3e3bec4a9457edfdfcba.jpg)
