Annie Besant on body
Annie Besant66 quotes“Celibacy is not natural to men or to women; all bodily needs require their legitimate satisfaction, and celibacy is a disregard of natural law.”
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For centuries the leaders of Christian thought spoke of women as a necessary evil, and the greatest saints of the Church are those who despise women the most.
Annie BesantAnnie Besant The man of meditation is the man who wastes no time, scatters no energy, misses no opportunity.
Annie BesantAnnie Besant The soul grows by reincarnation in bodies provided by nature, more complex, more powerful, as the soul unfolds greater and greater faculties. And so the soul climbs upward into the light eternal. And there is no fear for any child of man, for inevitably he climbs towards God.
Annie BesantAnnie Besant 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 with him, but the things in him that are part of the life never die, although the form be broken.
Annie BesantAnnie Besant Death cannot touch the higher consciousness of man it can only separate those who love each other so far as their lower vehicles are concerned; the man living on earth, blinded by matter, feels separated from those who have passed onwards, but there is no such thing as Death at all.
Annie BesantAnnie Besant Thought creates character.
Annie BesantAnnie Besant No philosophy, no religion, has ever brought so glad a message to the world as this good news of Atheism.
Annie BesantAnnie Besant 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 surface, is superfluous save for the needs of men.
Annie BesantAnnie Besant 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 beauty and the mind with accuracy and strength.
Annie BesantAnnie Besant Evil is only imperfection, that which is not complete, which is becoming, but has not yet found its end.
Annie BesantAnnie Besant Death is but an aspect of life, and the destruction of one material form is but a prelude to building up of another.
Annie BesantAnnie Besant Theosophy tries to bridge the gulf between Buddhism and Christianity by pointing to the fundamental spiritual truths on which both religions are built, and by winning people to regard the Buddha and the Christ as fellow-laborers, and not as rivals.
Annie BesantAnnie 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 so to rule our lives that we may serve and bless mankind.
Annie BesantAnnie Besant There is no life without consciousness; there is no consciousness without life.
Annie BesantAnnie Besant 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.
Annie BesantAnnie Besant A myth is far truer than a history, for a history only gives a story of the shadows, whereas a myth gives a story of the substances that cast the shadows.
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SargamSargam To choose a plain life, I choose neither to lose and nor do I gain, If happiness is not in my destiny, I refuse to accept pain.
Astha SrivastavaAstha Srivastava Steal back your heart – self-love.
Mona-LiseMona-Lise Hope is the only thing that keeps us alive. Without hope there can be no you or I.
BelaBela An open mind opens our hearts to have compassion for others.
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More on body
Move or die is the language of our Maker in the constitution of our bodies.
John Quincy AdamsJohn Quincy Adams An active mind cannot exist in an inactive body.
George S. PattonGeorge S. Patton The absolute yearning of one human body for another particular body and its indifference to substitutes is one of life’s major mysteries.
Iris MurdochIris Murdoch Body is a blessing; ain’t no second guessing.
Chris BrownChris Brown Nobody expects to trust his body overmuch after the age of fifty.
Alexander HamiltonAlexander Hamilton From seeds of his body blossomed the flower that liberated a people and touched the soul of a nation.
Jesse JacksonJesse Jackson I love food, so having a lot of food allergies now and just having a really sensitive body, it forces me to be very mindful and conscious and eat when I’m hungry, not just when I’m bored, and just really slow down. Everything in moderation. , SZA quotes on food
SZASZA Music is your way to change the frequencies of everything around you and move your own body, move your whole environment.
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