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Category Archive: Annie Besant

Annie Besant Quote: “Isaiah is by far the finest…”

Isaiah is by far the finest and least objectionable of the seventeen prophets whose supposed productions form the latter part of the Old Testament. A distinctly higher moral tone appears in the writings called by his name, and this is especially noticeable in the ‘Second Isaiah,’ who wrote after the Babylonish captivity.

August 14, 2021 1847, Annie Besant, English, October 1, Quotes by Philosophers

Annie Besant Quote: “It is not monogamy when there…”

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

August 7, 2021 1847, Annie Besant, English, October 1, Quotes by Philosophers

Annie Besant Quote: “A common religion is not possible…”

A common religion is not possible for India, but a recognition of a common basis for all religions, and the growth of a liberal, tolerant spirit in religious matters, are possible.

August 1, 2021 1847, Annie Besant, English, October 1, Quotes by Philosophers

Annie Besant Quote: “Clairvoyants can see flashes of colour…”

Clairvoyants can see flashes of colour, constantly changing, in the aura that surrounds every person: each thought, each feeling, thus translating itself in the astral world, visible to the astral sight.

July 16, 2021 1847, Annie Besant, English, October 1, Quotes by Philosophers

Annie Besant Quote: “The sunlight ranges over the universe…”

The sunlight ranges over the universe, and at incarnation we step out of it into the twilight of the body, and see but dimly during the period of our incarceration; at death we step out of the prison again into the sunlight, and are nearer to the reality.

June 20, 2021 1847, Annie Besant, English, October 1, Quotes by Philosophers

Annie Besant Quote: “Strange indeed would it be if…”

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 could clothe itself.

June 15, 2021 1847, Annie Besant, English, October 1, Quotes by Philosophers

Annie Besant Quote: “Theosophy has no code of morals…”

Theosophy has no code of morals, being itself the embodiment of the highest morality; it presents to its students the highest moral teachings of all religions, gathering the most fragrant blossoms from the gardens of the world-faiths.

May 26, 2021 1847, Annie Besant, English, October 1, Quotes by Philosophers

Annie Besant Quote: “An accurate knowledge of the past…”

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.

May 22, 2021 1847, Annie Besant, English, October 1, Quotes by Philosophers

Annie Besant Quote: “The idea of reverence for God…”

The idea of reverence for God is transmitted from parent to child, it is educated into an abnormal development, and thus almost indefinitely strengthened, but yet it does appear to me that the bent to worship is an integral part of man’s nature.

April 16, 2021 1847, Annie Besant, English, October 1, Quotes by Philosophers

Annie Besant Quote: “Continents may break up, continents may…”

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 be afraid of, even if the foundations of the earth be moved.

April 11, 2021 1847, Annie Besant, English, October 1, Quotes by Philosophers

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