Quotes on theosophical teaching and study. From Illuminations of the Mystery Traditions by Geoffrey Hodson.

Theosophical study is not valuable for the information it provides alone, but for its enrichment of consciousness.

Lord, make me an instrument of your peace

Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.

Where there is hatred, let me sow love,

Where there is injury, pardon,

Where there is doubt, faith,

Where there is despair, hope,

Where there is darkness, light,

Where there is sadness, joy.

“True Occultism or Theosophy is the ‘Great Renunciation of the self,’ unconditionally and absolutely, in thought as in action.” All the manifestations of the separative self, whether they are intensive and obvious, subtle or dormant, cloud the understanding and intelligence.

Carefully watch your thoughts, for they become your words. Manage and watch your words, for they will become your actions. Consider and judge your actions, for they have become your habits. Acknowledge and watch your habits, for they shall become your values. Understand and embrace your values, for they become your destiny.

Whenever dharma declines and the purpose of life is forgotten, I manifest myself on earth. I am born in every age to protect the good, to destroy evil, and to reestablish dharma.

Do not be proud of wealth, people, relations and friends, or youth. All these are snatched by time in the blink of an eye. Giving up this illusory world, know and attain the Supreme.

Life is a challenge, meet it! Life is a dream, realize it! Life is a game, play it! Life is love, enjoy it!

Love is the undisturbed balance that binds this universe together.

Solve all your problems through meditation. Exchange unprofitable religious speculations for actual God-contact. Clear your mind of dogmatic theological debris; let in the fresh, healing waters of direct perception. Attune yourself to the active inner Guidance; the Divine Voice has the answer to every dilemma of life.

Do not confuse understanding with a larger vocabulary, sacred writings are beneficial in stimulating desire for inward realization, if one stanza at

Don't depend on death to liberate you from your imperfections. You are exactly the same after death as you were before.

Does the road wind uphill all the way?

Yes, to the very end.

All the darkness in the world can't put out the light of one candle.

Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them; that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.

Craving and desire are the cause of all unhappiness. Everything sooner or later must change, so do not become attached to anything. Instead devote...

Awareness of ignorance is the beginning of wisdom.

The whole purpose of the universe is unerringly aimed at one thing - you.

Pity the nation whose statesman is a fox, whose philosopher is a juggler, and whose art is the art of patching and mimicking.

It's your road... and yours alone ... Others may walk it with you, but no one can walk it for you.

There are only two days in the year that nothing can be done. One is called Yesterday and the other is called Tomorrow.

Why are we such tortured human beings, with tears in our eyes and false laughter on our lips? If you could walk alone among those hills or in the woods or along the long, white, bleached sands, in that solitude you would know what meditation is.

Karma is like the vine that gathers strength through uninterrupted years, and which fastens its tendrils so closely that it is as strong as the structure to which it adheres.

Beautiful quotes by N Sri Ram, the 5th International President of the Theosophical Society headquartered in Adyar, Chennai, India.

Wonderful quotes by Annie Besant

Quotes by Charles Webster Leadbeater

Giordano Bruno, born Filippo Bruno, was an Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, mathematician, poet, and astrologer. He is remembered for his cosmological theories, which conceptually extended the then novel Copernican model.

Inspiring quotes by Mabel Collins, especially from her must read books 'Light on the Path' and 'Idyll of the White Lotus'.