"You should always take a religion at its……" — Annie Besant
"You should always take a religion at its best and not at its worst, from its highest teachings and not from the lowest practices of some of its adherents."
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122 Quotes by Annie Besant
Annie Besant has 122 quotes on this site.
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Better remain silent, better not even think, if you are not prepared to act.
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Refusal to believe until proof is given is a rational position; denial of all outside of our own limited experience…
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Liberty is a great celestial Goddess, strong, beneficent, and austere, and she can never descend upon a nation by the…
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Quick condemnation of all that is not ours, of views with which we disagree, of ideas that do not attract…
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No philosophy, no religion, has ever brought so glad a message to the world as this good news of Atheism.
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I have ever been the queerest mixture of weakness and strength, and have paid heavily for the weakness.
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Every person, every race, every nation, has its own particular keynote which it brings to the general chord of life…
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The generous wish to share with all what is precious, to spread broadcast priceless truths, to shut out none from…
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What is a philosophy? It Is an answer satisfactory to the reason to all the great problems of life. That…
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An accurate knowledge of the past of a country is necessary for everyone who would understand its present, and who…
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Islam believes in many prophets, and Al Quran is nothing but a confirmation of the old Scriptures.
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It is not monogamy when there is one legal wife, and mistresses out of sight.
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Much of what Tea Party candidates claimed about the world and the global economy during the 2010 elections would have…
— Eric Alterman
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Islam in its origins is just as shady and approximate as those from which it took its borrowings. It makes…
— Christopher Hitchens
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I have encountered a few 'creationists' and because they were usually nice, intelligent people, I have been unable to decide…
— Arthur C. Clarke
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It is an ideology born out of hatred and its adherents belong to no religion, culture or civilisation.
— Pratibha Patil
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Every powerful movement has had its philosophy which has gripped the mind, fired the imagination and captured the devotion of…
— John Stott
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It [Christian Social Party] recognized the value of large-scale propaganda and was a virtuoso in influencing the psychological instincts of…
— Adolf Hitler
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While both denominations maintain missions in Asia and Africa in order to win new followers for their doctrine- an activity…
— Adolf Hitler
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The more fantastic an ideology or theology, the more fanatic its adherents.
— Edward Abbey
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There is no belief, however foolish, that will not gather its faithful adherents who will defend it to the death.
— Isaac Asimov
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Whatever sympathy I feel towards religions, whatever admiration for some of their adherents, whatever historical or biological necessity I see…
— John Fowles
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The less depth a belief system has, the greater the fervency with which its adherents embrace it. The most vociferous,…
— Dean Koontz
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Tainting the tea party movement with the charge of racism is proving to be an effective strategy for Democrats. There…
— Mary Frances Berry
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