All Annie Besant Quotes
- Better remain silent, better not even think, if you are not prepared to act. Act
- Refusal to believe until proof is given is a rational position; denial of all outside of our own limited experience is absurd. Absurd
- Liberty is a great celestial Goddess, strong, beneficent, and austere, and she can never descend upon a nation by the shouting of crowds, nor by… Argument
- Quick condemnation of all that is not ours, of views with which we disagree, of ideas that do not attract us, is the sign of… Agree
- No philosophy, no religion, has ever brought so glad a message to the world as this good news of Atheism. Atheism
- I have ever been the queerest mixture of weakness and strength, and have paid heavily for the weakness. Been
- Every person, every race, every nation, has its own particular keynote which it brings to the general chord of life and of humanity. Brings
- The generous wish to share with all what is precious, to spread broadcast priceless truths, to shut out none from the illumination of true knowledge,… Alienates
- What is a philosophy? It Is an answer satisfactory to the reason to all the great problems of life. That is what is meant by… All
- 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… Accurate
- Islam believes in many prophets, and Al Quran is nothing but a confirmation of the old Scriptures. Al
- It is not monogamy when there is one legal wife, and mistresses out of sight. Legal
- It is the duty of the followers of Islam to spread through the civilised world, a knowledge of what Islam means - its spirit and… Civilised
- Karma brings us ever back to rebirth, binds us to the wheel of births and deaths. Good Karma drags us back as relentlessly as bad,… Bad
- The highest Hindu intellectual training was based on the practice of yoga, and produced, as its fruit, those marvellous philosophical systems, the six Darshanas and… Based
- A prophet is always much wider than his followers, much more liberal than those who label themselves with his name. Followers
- Evil is only imperfection, that which is not complete, which is becoming, but has not yet found its end. Becoming
- India is a country in which every great religion finds a home. Country
- 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… Ancient
- 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… Begin