What is valuable about Theosophists, at least at first, is not the syncretism of the doctrine they profess, but the initial impulse to study and understand different doctrines, seeking in them what is true and good. In short, it is that old humility in the face of the unknown, that genuine interest in the different, which begins with the granting of credit, manifested in a willingness to listen. So obvious and so basic. If theosophy were to teach people this one virtue, it would already have proved invaluable. All the rest is moaning.