Annie Besant on forever
Annie Besant66 quotes“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.”
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Death consists, indeed, in a repeated process of unrobing, or unsheathing. The immortal part of man shakes off from itself, one after the other, its outer casings, and – as the snake from its skin, the butterfly from its chrysalis – emerges from one after another, passing into a higher state of consciousness.
Annie BesantAnnie Besant Better remain silent, better not even think, if you are not prepared to act.
Annie BesantAnnie Besant No durable things are built on violent passion. Nature grows her plants in silence and in darkness, and only when they have become strong do they put their heads above the ground.
Annie BesantAnnie Besant Liberty is a great celestial Goddess, strong, beneficent, and austere, and she can never descend upon a nation by the shouting of crowds, nor by arguments of unbridled passion, nor by the hatred of class against class.
Annie BesantAnnie Besant You should always take a religion at its best and not at its worst, from its highest teachings and not from the lowest practices of some of its adherents.
Annie BesantAnnie Besant Refusal to believe until proof is given is a rational position; denial of all outside of our own limited experience is absurd.
Annie BesantAnnie Besant Man peoples his current living space with a world of his own, crowded with the offspring of his fancies, desires, impulses, and passions.
Annie BesantAnnie Besant 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.
Annie BesantAnnie Besant The misery we inflict on sentient beings slackens our human evolution.
Annie BesantAnnie Besant 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 not beautiful, for God’s manifestation is beauty. It shines through all His works, and not only in those that may give pleasure to man.
Annie BesantAnnie Besant Where love rules, laws are not needed.
Annie BesantAnnie Besant When we recognise that unity of all living things, then at once arises the question – how can we support this life of ours with least injury to the lives around us; how can we prevent our own life adding to the suffering of the world in which we live?
Annie BesantAnnie Besant Purification is but the cleaning of the lamp-glass which hides the Light.
Annie BesantAnnie Besant Never yet has a God been defined in terms which were not palpably self-contradictory and absurd; never yet has a God been described so that a concept of Him was made possible to human thought.
Annie BesantAnnie Besant I often think that woman is more free in Islam than in Christianity. Woman is more protected by Islam than by the faith which preaches monogamy. In AI Quran the law about woman is juster and more liberal.
Annie BesantAnnie Besant 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.
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And that is how time heals, not by erasing but by blurring all the memories.
VesmirVesmir Let me follow my dream. Let me follow my queen.
Moses AlexanderMoses Alexander Be kind to yourself, the way you would be to someone you love.
Courtney PeppernellCourtney Peppernell We need to surrender ourselves to the water before we can climb the spiral ladder.
Nikol MejdnNikol Mejdn You gave me the courage to rise but my darling robin why did you fly leaving me behind these four walls all alone?
Ophelia ScarlettOphelia Scarlett Giving up your dreams is easy, but ask yourself is it really easy to live without dreams?
Sania AbbasSania Abbas It’s funny how we say a person ‘made’ us when they actually broke us. Sort of like how I say ‘funny’ – but I actually mean sad.
Ranata SuzukiRanata Suzuki You can’t keep living backwards – Reminiscing on what was, And terrified to pursue What could be.
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Welcome to winter, where dark nights last forever and sadness prevails.
Carmen AmadosCarmen Amados A lot in the world is temporary but she is forever.
Eleni SophiaEleni Sophia I don’t crave a forever I just want to share the time I have with you and me together.
Mia WildMia Wild The stars in your eyes show a glimpse of how eternal love can be.
CindyCindy Even if it takes forever for you to bloom, make sure you are the most humble person in the room.
SargamSargam Those that are drunk in love, shall forever talk to the moon.
VesmirVesmir Change alone is eternal, perpetual, immortal.
Arthur SchopenhauerArthur Schopenhauer You can take away the pain, but the memories will forever haunt you. Don’t let it devour you, Devour them yourself and stand firm.
Megan LaoMegan Lao
