Above all things, respect thyself. In the next place, observe Justice in thy actions and in thy words; and accustom not thyself in anything without rule and without reason. Always make this reflection, that it is ordained by Destiny for…
The action of the Centripetal Force is strong and it keeps up together the particles of Ice. It requires the action of Centrifugal Force, which is done by the supply of heat. It that piece of Ice be left in…
I am but a poor struggling soul yearning to be wholly good—wholly truthful and wholly non-violent in thought word and deed; but ever failing to reach the ideal which I know to be true. It is a painful climb, but…
What is well planted cannot be uprooted. What is held firmly cannot fall away, Thus the sacrifices of peers will be preserved unceasingly. Use the Tao within yourself And Virtue will be without dross. Use the Tao within the family…
The great Tao flows everywhere, To the left and the right; The Ten Thousand Things rely upon it, And it never turns away from them. It does its work quietly And claims no credit. It clothes and feeds the Ten…
Moral reform is the effort to throw off sleep. Why is it that men give so poor an account of their day if they have not been slumbering? They are not such poor calculators. If they had not been overcome…
It is but the Occultist, the Eastern Adept, who stands a Free Man, omnipotent through his own Divine Spirit as much as man can be on earth. He has rid himself of all human conceptions and religious side issues. He…
When you are assembled in Council, fail not to light in your midst the Fire which is the symbol of the Great Spirit and the sign of His presence. And light the Sacred Pipe, which is the symbol of Peace,…
The Sage: “The Present is the Child of the Past; the Future, the begotten of the Present. And yet, O present moment! Knowest thou not that thou hast no parent, nor canst thou have a child; that thou art ever…
All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players: They have their exits and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts, His acts being seven ages. At first the infant, Mewling and…
ॐ भूर् भुवः सुवः । तत्सवितुर्वरेण्यं भर्गो॑ देवस्यधीमहि । धियो यो नः प्रचोदयात् ॥ Om bhur bhuvah svah tat-savitur varenyam bhargo devasya dhimahi dhiyo yo nah pracodayat AUM. In all three worlds—terrestrial, astral and celestial— may we meditate upon the…
Judge not, that ye be not judged. For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy…