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We need a literature, not solely for highly intellectual persons, but of a more simple character, which attempts to appeal to ordinary common-sense minds who are really fainting for such moral and mental assistance as is not reached by the more pretentious works.

— William Quan Judge Letters That Have Helped Me (1891)

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Karma is a beneficent law wholly merciful, relentlessly just, for true mercy is not favor but impartial justice.

The Ocean of Theosophy (1893)

29. From this repetition and reflection on its significance, there come a knowledge of the Spirit and the absence of obstacles to the attainment of the end in view. (Book I, Concentration)

The Yoga Aphorisms of Patanjali — interpreted by W. Q. Judge (1889)

Theosophy is that ocean of knowledge which spreads from shore to shore of the evolution of sentient beings; unfathomable in its deepest parts, it gives the greatest minds their fullest scope, yet, shallow enough at its shores, it will not overwhelm the understanding of a child.

The Ocean of Theosophy (1893)

Place your only faith, reliance, and trust on Karma (Vol. I, Letter 1)

Letters That Have Helped Me (1891)

It is wisdom about God for those who believe that he is all things and in all, and wisdom about nature for the man who accepts the statement found in the Christian Bible that God cannot be measured or discovered, and that darkness is around his pavilion.

The Ocean of Theosophy (1893)

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