Category: Quotes
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Helena Blavatsky on Government Systems: “They have no sway over the inner man…”
“…Whether the physical man be under the rule of an empire or a republic, concerns only the man of matter. His body may be enslaved; as to his Soul, he has the right to give to his rulers the proud answer of Socrates to his Judges. They have no sway over the inner man.” (H.P.…
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The Scholar studies the Men of Antiquity to become an Exemplar in Future Ages | Book of Rites (Li Ji)
This single passage defines all that we aim toward in this life, and is therefore, the most important to my ideal here: contributing to the advancement of culture and education. It also tells you, as the reader that Far-East Asian Philosophy had an impact on me. I want to help you see certain limitations, or…
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Jean Varenne on the Reactions to Julius Evola on Buddhism
“Let us leave modern men to their ‘truths’ and let us only be concerned about one thing: to keep standing amid a world of ruins.” JULIUS EVOLA Evola’s writings on Buddhism may help to dispel some misunderstanding about Buddhism. Shaykh Abdal Hakim Murad provides the same approach we will take here with Julius Evola. JEAN…
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Live Your Fable – The Idealism of Gabriele D’Annunzio in The Epiphany of the Flame
“I cannot understand why the poets of our day wax indignant at the vulgarity of their age and complain of having come into the world too early or too late. I believe that every man of intellect can create his own beautiful fable of life.” GABRIELE D’ANNUNZIO, THE FLAME OF LIFE: THE EPIPHANY OF THE…
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John Adams Letter to John Taylor: “Remember, democracy never lasts long”
“Remember democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet, that did not commit suicide.” JOHN ADAMS (FIRST VPOTUS AND SECOND POTUS) LETTER TO JOHN TAYLOR, 17 DECEMBER 1814. “Well, Doctor, what have we got—a Republic or a Monarchy?” Benjamin Franklin was asked supposedly, as he left…
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Believe…
“No man is born into the World a Master, and for that reason are we obliged to learn. He who applieth himself thereunto, and studieth, learneth; and a man can have no more shameful and evil title than that of being an Ignorant person.”—The Book of Abramelin I warn to be very wary of ANTI-GNOSTICISM rather…
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“Heaven has cast us off” – Tsu-li to King Zhou of Shang in the Shujing
Tsu-li announces to king Zhou-xin (the last emperor of Shang dynasty), that Heaven has abandoned him, because of his dissolute way. “Heaven is bringing an end to the Mandate of our dynasty. (…) It is not that the former kings do not aid us, but by your dissoluteness and sport you bring on the end…
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Albert Pike Ponders on Lucifer in Morals and Dogma: Tells Us to Seek the Light of Knowledge
There has been only one line in all of the pages of Albert Pike’s Morals and Dogma, used and cited numerously to accuse him of praising Lucifer or Evil in his book, and propagating “Luciferianism.” This is often used in Christian polemics against Esoteric philosophy and traditions. The purpose of this article is to dispose…
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Confucian Philosopher Mencius on Dealing with Tyrannical Rulers
Mengzi 孟子 (372–289 BCE) on corruption and brutal rulers taught, that we must be moved by a moral disposition to do good, understand, and relieve humanity and other life each day a little more of its suffering. Mencius taught, that benevolence is the essence of the human being, and with the cultivation of virtue, comes our…
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Russian MS. of H.P.B. criticized V.S. Solovyov’s Review of Theosophy: ‘Theosophists worship the wisdom that is from Above’
‘Theosophists worship the wisdom that is from Above’ In relation to Russian Philosopher Vladimir Solovyov and Charles J. Ryan: ‘H.P.B. did not invent the Tibetan Brotherhood and Chelas’, an insightful Russian MS. (the date reads London, 1890) in H.P. Blavatsky’s handwriting was discovered in the Adyar Archives. It was H.P.B.’s critical response, or correction of V.S.…

