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96 quotes by Annie Besant

Annie Besant Annie Besant in 1897 Born (1847-10-01)1 October 1847 Clapham, London, United Kingdom Died 20 September 1933(1933-09-20) (aged 85) Adyar, Madras Presidency, British India Known for Theosophist, women's rights activist, writer and orator Religion Hinduism Spouse(s) Frank Besant (m. 1867, div. 1873) Children Arthur, Mabel Part of a series on Theosophy Theosophy Traditional Theosophy Traditional Theosophy topics Esoteric...
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Strange indeed would it be if all the space around us be empty, mere waste void, and the inhabitants of Earth the only forms in which intelligence... →

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The essence of religion is the knowledge of God which is eternal life. That and nothing less than that is religion. Everything else is on the... →

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

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

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

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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.

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Let Indian history be set side by side with Europe history with what there is of the latter century by century and let us see whether India need... →

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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.

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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.

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

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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.

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

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The orthodox believers in God are divided into two camps, one of which maintains that the existence of God is as demonstrable as any mathematical... →

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