Helena Blavatsky

Mystic, Theosophist Russian 1831 – 1891

Founder of Theosophical Society; promoted spiritual synthesis.

378 quotes

"There is no religion higher than truth."
Truth
"The Greatest truths are the simplest things in the world, simple as your own existence."
Wisdom
"Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood."
Life
"The creative powers are within ourselves, dormant only because we fail to recognize them."
Creativity
"To be a theosophist is to be a friend and defender of every suppressed minority."
Justice
"The world is decaying, yet the world is progressing."
Change
"Mortals are the cause of the Fall of the Angels, not their victims."
Philosophy
"The more we come in contact with nature, the more we recognize the fact that nothing can withstand the power of genuinely active thought."
Nature
"Every atom is a little universe."
Science
"The human mind is capable of everything."
Power
"What is memory but the poor man's treasure."
Time
"The most powerful form of nonviolence is love."
Love
"We are gods in the outer form."
Strength
"Accumulate and pass on knowledge."
Education
"The mind is the great master of the body."
Health
"There exists a doctrine which claims that the soul is endless and it is true."
Faith
"Silence is also speech."
Solitude
"The present is formed by the past; the future is born from the present."
Time
"Compassion is a law unto itself."
Kindness
"The duty of the true student is to find the union between science and religion."
Knowledge
"Every nation has the government it deserves."
Politics
"Nature will have her revenge."
Nature
"Truth wears many faces."
Truth
"The death of the body is but a prelude to a new birth."
Death
"Patience is the supreme virtue."
Patience
"Knowledge leads toward unity; ignorance toward diversity."
Knowledge
"Life without hope is an existence without joy."
Hope
"The law of silence cannot be broken without producing chaos."
Peace
"Universal fraternity must therefore be the first and the foremost principle."
Friendship
"Beauty is the promise of happiness."
Beauty