Quote#Truth
We hold that a good book which gives people food for thought, which…
Quote byHelena Blavatsky · 1831–1891
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Key to Theosophy (1889).
English (original)
We hold that a good book which gives people food for thought, which strengthens and clears their minds, and enables them to grasp truths which they have dimly felt but could not formulate—we hold that such a book does a real, substantial good.
— Helena Blavatsky
More from Helena Blavatsky
I speak "with absolute certainty" only so far as my own personal belief is concerned. Those who have not the same warrant for their belief as I have, would be very credulous and foolish to accept it on blind faith. Nor does the writer …
Nothing of that which is conducive to help man, collectively or individually, to live — not "happily" — but less unhappily in this world, ought to be indifferent to the Theosophist-Occultist. It is no concern of his whether his help …
There is no religion higher than truth.
"There is often greater martyrdom to live for the love of, whether man or an ideal, than to die" is a motto of the Mahatmas.
Maitreya is the secret name of the Fifth Buddha, and the Kalki Avatar of the Brahmins - the last Messiah who will come at the culmination of the Great Cycle.
The purpose of this book is exactly expressed in its title, “The Key to Theosophy,” and needs but few words of explanation. It is not a complete or exhaustive text-book of Theosophy, but only a key to unlock the door that leads to the …