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Annie Besant quotes: I have ever been the queerest mixture of weakness and strength, and have paid heavily for the weakness.

I have ever been the queerest mixture of weakness and strength, and have paid heavily for the weakness.

Annie Besant quotes: Where love rules, laws are not needed.

Where love rules, laws are not needed.

Annie Besant quotes: There is much, of course, in the exclusive claims of Christianity which make it hostile to other faiths.

There is much, of course, in the exclusive claims of Christianity which make it hostile to other faiths.

Annie Besant quotes: Celibacy is not natural to men or to women; all bodily needs require their legitimate satisfaction, and celibacy is a disregard of natural law.

Celibacy is not natural to men or to women; all bodily needs require their legitimate satisfaction, and celibacy is a disregard of natural law.

Annie Besant quotes: It is not monogamy when there is one legal wife, and mistresses out of sight.

It is not monogamy when there is one legal wife, and mistresses out of sight.

Annie Besant quotes: Man peoples his current living space with a world of his own, crowded with the offspring of his fancies, desires, impulses, and passions.

Man peoples his current living space with a world of his own, crowded with the offspring of his fancies, desires, impulses, and passions.

Annie Besant quotes: A prophet is always much wider than his followers, much more liberal than those who label themselves with his name.

A prophet is always much wider than his followers, much more liberal than those who label themselves with his name.

Annie Besant quotes: The idea that Buddhism denies what is called in the West 'individual immortality' is a mistake, so far as the Buddhist scriptures are concerned.

The idea that Buddhism denies what is called in the West 'individual immortality' is a mistake, so far as the Buddhist scriptures are concerned.

Annie Besant quotes: No philosophy, no religion, has ever brought so glad a message to the world as this good news of Atheism.

No philosophy, no religion, has ever brought so glad a message to the world as this good news of Atheism.

Annie Besant quotes: The destruction of India's village system was the greatest of England's blunders.

The destruction of India's village system was the greatest of England's blunders.

Annie Besant quotes: There is no life without consciousness; there is no consciousness without life.

There is no life without consciousness; there is no consciousness without life.

Annie Besant quotes: Islam believes in many prophets, and Al Quran is nothing but a confirmation of the old Scriptures.

Islam believes in many prophets, and Al Quran is nothing but a confirmation of the old Scriptures.

Annie Besant quotes: Never yet was a nation born that did not begin in the spirit, pass to the heart and the mind, and then take an outer form in the world of

Never yet was a nation born that did not begin in the spirit, pass to the heart and the mind, and then take an outer form in the world of men.

Annie Besant quotes: There can be no wise politics without thought beforehand.

There can be no wise politics without thought beforehand.

Annie Besant quotes: The body is never more alive than when it is dead; but it is alive in its units, and dead in its totality; alive as a congeries, dead as an

The body is never more alive than when it is dead; but it is alive in its units, and dead in its totality; alive as a congeries, dead as an organism.

Annie Besant quotes: When a man, a woman, see their little daily tasks as integral portions of the one great work, they are no longer drudges but co-workers with God.

When a man, a woman, see their little daily tasks as integral portions of the one great work, they are no longer drudges but co-workers with God.

Annie Besant quotes: In a 50 mile radius around Chicago one can see the red aura of pain, agony, terror, anger from all the animals being butchered there.

In a 50 mile radius around Chicago one can see the red aura of pain, agony, terror, anger from all the animals being butchered there.

Annie Besant quotes: Yoga is a science, and not a vague dreamy drifting or imagining.

Yoga is a science, and not a vague dreamy drifting or imagining.

Annie Besant quotes: To me in my childhood, elves and fairies of all sorts were very real things, and my dolls were as really children as I was myself a child.

To me in my childhood, elves and fairies of all sorts were very real things, and my dolls were as really children as I was myself a child.

Annie Besant quotes: Purification is but the cleaning of the lamp-glass which hides the Light

Purification is but the cleaning of the lamp-glass which hides the Light

Annie Besant quotes: India is a country in which every great religion finds a home.

India is a country in which every great religion finds a home.

Annie Besant quotes: The Buddha over and over again spoke clearly and definitely on post-mortem states - as in his conversation with Vasetta.

The Buddha over and over again spoke clearly and definitely on post-mortem states - as in his conversation with Vasetta.

Annie Besant quotes: Every person, every race, every nation, has its own particular keynote which it brings to the general chord of life and of humanity.

Every person, every race, every nation, has its own particular keynote which it brings to the general chord of life and of humanity.

Annie Besant quotes: The wanting of advice is the sign that the Spirit in you has not yet spoken with the compelling voice that you ought to obey.

The wanting of advice is the sign that the Spirit in you has not yet spoken with the compelling voice that you ought to obey.

Annie Besant quotes: When we realise our oneness with our RULER, then the matter shall have no longer power over us, and we shall see it as the unreality it is.

When we realise our oneness with our RULER, then the matter shall have no longer power over us, and we shall see it as the unreality it is.

Annie Besant quotes: The man of meditation is the man who wastes no time, scatters no energy, misses no opportunity.

The man of meditation is the man who wastes no time, scatters no energy, misses no opportunity.

Annie Besant quotes: My own life in India, since I came to it in 1893 to make it my home, has been devoted to one purpose, to give back to India her ancient

My own life in India, since I came to it in 1893 to make it my home, has been devoted to one purpose, to give back to India her ancient freedom.

Annie Besant quotes: Sun-worship and pure forms of nature-worship were, in their day, noble religions, highly allegorical but full of profound truth and knowledge.

Sun-worship and pure forms of nature-worship were, in their day, noble religions, highly allegorical but full of profound truth and knowledge.

Annie Besant quotes: Death is but an aspect of life, and the destruction of one material form is but a prelude to building up of another.

Death is but an aspect of life, and the destruction of one material form is but a prelude to building up of another.

Annie Besant quotes: God' is always the equivalent of 'I do not know.

God' is always the equivalent of 'I do not know.

Annie Besant quotes: Morality is the Science of harmonious relations between intelligent beings.

Morality is the Science of harmonious relations between intelligent beings.

Annie Besant quotes: Socialism is the ideal state, but it can never be achieved while man is so selfish.

Socialism is the ideal state, but it can never be achieved while man is so selfish.

Annie Besant quotes: Better remain silent, better not even think, if you are not prepared to act.

Better remain silent, better not even think, if you are not prepared to act.

Annie Besant quotes: Evil is only imperfection, that which is not complete, which is becoming, but has not yet found its end.

Evil is only imperfection, that which is not complete, which is becoming, but has not yet found its end.

Annie Besant quotes: Thought creates character.

Thought creates character.

Annie Besant quotes: The birth of science rang the death-knell of an arbitrary and constantly interposing Supreme Power.

The birth of science rang the death-knell of an arbitrary and constantly interposing Supreme Power.

Annie Besant quotes: That is the true definition of sin; when knowing right you do the lower, ah, then you sin. Where there is no knowledge, sin is not present.

That is the true definition of sin; when knowing right you do the lower, ah, then you sin. Where there is no knowledge, sin is not present.

Annie Besant quotes: Nature is always lavish of her gifts even to the most insignificant forms. The butterflies and moths are richly dowered in this respect.

Nature is always lavish of her gifts even to the most insignificant forms. The butterflies and moths are richly dowered in this respect.

Annie Besant quotes: Refusal to believe until proof is given is a rational position; denial of all outside of our own limited experience is absurd.

Refusal to believe until proof is given is a rational position; denial of all outside of our own limited experience is absurd.

Annie Besant quotes: An accurate knowledge of the past of a country is necessary for everyone who would understand its present, and who desires to judge of its future.

An accurate knowledge of the past of a country is necessary for everyone who would understand its present, and who desires to judge of its future.

Annie Besant quotes: It is the duty of the followers of Islam to spread through the civilised world, a knowledge of what Islam means - its spirit and message.

It is the duty of the followers of Islam to spread through the civilised world, a knowledge of what Islam means - its spirit and message.

Annie Besant quotes: Representative institutions are as much a part of the true Briton as his language and his literature.

Representative institutions are as much a part of the true Briton as his language and his literature.

Annie Besant quotes: The misery we inflict on sentient beings slackens our human evolution.

The misery we inflict on sentient beings slackens our human evolution.