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May Quotes by Annie Besant
- The true basis of morality is utility; that is, the adaptation of our actions to the promotion of the general welfare and happiness; the endeavour…
- Man is a spiritual intelligence, who has taken flesh with the object of gaining experience in worlds below the spiritual, in order that he may…
- All men die. You may say: 'Is that encouraging?' Surely yes, for when a man dies, his blunders, which are of the form, all die…
- As a man may be born with a mathematical faculty, and by training that faculty year after year may immensely increase his mathematical capacity, so…
- Beauty is no dead thing. It is the manifestation of God in nature. There is not one object in nature untouched by man that is…
- Continents may break up, continents may emerge, but the human race is immortal in its origin and in its growth, and there is nothing to…
- If we believe in a God at all, we must surely ascribe to him perfection of wisdom and perfection of goodness; we are then forced…
- Jeremiah is a most melancholy prophet. He wails from beginning to end; he is often childish, is rarely indecent, and although it may be blasphemy…
- It is impossible for anyone who studies the life and character of the great Prophet of Arabia, who knows how he taught and how he…
- The world, with all its beauty, its happiness and suffering, its joys and pains, is planned with the utmost ingenuity, in order that the powers…
- No soul that aspires can ever fail to rise; no heart that loves can ever be abandoned. Difficulties exist only that in overcoming them we…
- What, after all, is the object of education? To train the body in health, vigor and grace, so that it may express the emotions in…
More May Quotes
- Economic growth may one day turn out to be a curse rather than a good, and under no conditions can it either… — Hannah Arendt
- The defiance of established authority, religious and secular, social and political, as a world-wide phenomenon may well one day be accounted the… — Hannah Arendt
- With a goose-quill and a few sheets of paper, I mock myself of the universe. They say I am the son of… — Pietro Aretino
- Sometimes people who want to understand Haiti from a political perspective may be missing part of the picture. They also need to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever. — Aristophanes
- Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion. — Aristotle
- If one way be better than another, that you may be sure is nature's way. — Aristotle
- We make war that we may live in peace. — Aristotle
- Inferiors revolt in order that they may be equal, and equals that they may be superior. Such is the state of mind… — Aristotle
- It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views we may agree, but also to those… — Aristotle
- Whether if soul did not exist time would exist or not, is a question that may fairly be asked; for if there… — Aristotle
- Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside… — Lance Armstrong