The Roman Catholic Church, had it captured me, as it nearly did, would have sent me on some mission of danger and sacrifice and utilised me as a martyr; the Church established by law transformed me into an unbeliever and an antagonist. Annie Besant More Quotes by Annie Besant More Quotes From Annie Besant Representative institutions are as much a part of the true Briton as his language and his literature. Annie Besant institutions language literature India is a country in which every great religion finds a home. Annie Besant india home country Evil is only imperfection, that which is not complete, which is becoming, but has not yet found its end. Annie Besant imperfection becoming evil If my interlocutor desires to convince me that Jupiter has inhabitants, and that his description of them is accurate, it is for him to bring forward evidence in support of his contention. The burden of proof evidently lies on him; it is not for me to prove that no such beings exist before my non-belief is justified, but for him to prove that they do exist before my belief can be fairly claimed. Similarly, it is for the affirmer of God's existence to bring evidence in support of his affirmation; the burden of proof lies on him. Annie Besant burden-of-proof support lying Matter is, in its constituent elements, the same as spirit; existence is one, however manifold in its phenomena; life is one, however multiform in its evolution. Annie Besant elements spirit matter We have no right to pick out all that is noblest and fairest in man, to project these qualities into space, and to call them God. We only thus create an ideal figure, a purified, ennobled, 'magnified' Man. Annie Besant quality space men A people can prosper under a very bad government and suffer under a very good one, if in the first case the local administration is effective and in the second it is inefficient. Annie Besant government suffering people My first serious attempts at writing were made in 1868, and I took up two very different lines of composition; I wrote some short stories of a very flimsy type, and also a work of a much more ambitious character, 'The Lives of the Black Letter Saints.' Annie Besant writing character two 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. Annie Besant india home giving The Self in you is the same as the Self Universal. Whatever powers are manifested throughout the world, those powers exist in germ, in latency, in you.... If you realize the unity of the Self amid the diversities of the Not-Self, then Yoga Will not seem an impossible thing to you. Annie Besant impossible-things yoga success 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 to say so, he and his 'Lamentations' are really not worth reading. Annie Besant melancholy reading may 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 blush at the comparison. Annie Besant sides europe needs The destruction of India's village system was the greatest of England's blunders. Annie Besant village india england Morality is the Science of harmonious relations between intelligent beings. Annie Besant morality intelligent relation God' is always the equivalent of 'I do not know. Annie Besant knowing-god god knows The wanting of advice is the sign that the Spirit in you has not yet spoken with the compelling voice that you ought to obey. Annie Besant voice spirit advice 'Nature is conquered by obedience' - and her resistless energies are at our bidding, as soon as we, by knowledge, work with them and not against them. We can choose out of her boundless stores the forces that serve our purpose in momentum, in direction, and so on, and their very invariability becomes the guarantee of our success. Annie Besant bidding karma energy This coarse and insulting way of regarding woman, as though they existed merely to be the safety-valves of men's passions, and that the best men were above the temptation of loving them, has been the source of unnumbered evils. Annie Besant safety passion men When we realise our oneness with our RULER, then the matter shall have no longer power over us, and we shall see it as the unreality it is. Annie Besant oneness god matter The misery we inflict on sentient beings slackens our human evolution. Annie Besant misery evolution compassion
