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Moreover such is the misuse of philosophical terminology by those who would dilute it with religion and such is the misunderstanding of Sanskrit words which have passed through the alembic of theological pedants and theosophical pundits that we shall have to re-define afresh every important technical term as it appears. Nor shall we hesitate to invent new words if necessary to explain our meaning where the old ones fall short of it, for the dictionary is our servant, not our master. And every word will be an English one. We soon weary of reading an article whose solid English pages are stippled with unfamiliar unintelligible Sanskrit words. The West will not absorb Oriental wisdom unless it is entirely presented in Western language.

-- Notebooks Category 12: Reflections > Chapter 2 : Philosophy and Contemporary Culture > # 43