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The highest Hindu intellectual training was based on the practice of yoga, and produced, as its fruit, those marvellous philosophical systems, the six Darshanas and the Brahma Sutras, which are still the delight of scholars and the inspiration of occultists and mystics.

~Annie Besant

Topics: Based Delight Fruit Highest Hindu Inspiration Intellectual Marvellous Philosophical Practice Produced Scholars Six Still Systems Those Training Which Yoga

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Evil is only imperfection, that which is not complete, which is becoming, but has not yet found its end.

~Annie Besant

Topics: Becoming Complete End Evil Found Imperfection Only Which

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Every form, not being the whole, must, of necessity, be imperfect; less than the whole, it cannot be identical with the whole, and being less than the whole and, therefore, imperfect by itself, it shows imperfection as evil, and only the totality of a universe can mirror the image of God.

~Annie Besant

Topics: Being Cannot Every Evil Form God Identical Image Imperfect Imperfection Itself Less Mirror Must Necessity Only Shows Than Therefore Totality Universe Whole

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

~Annie Besant

Topics: Arbitrary Birth Constantly Power Rang Science Supreme

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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

Topics: Antagonist Captured Catholic Catholic Church Church Danger Did Established Had Law Martyr Me Mission Nearly Roman Roman Catholic Sacrifice Sent Some Transformed Would

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What is the essence of theosophy? It is the fact that man, being himself divine, can know the divinity whose life he shares. As an inevitable corollary to this supreme truth comes the fact of the brotherhood of man.

~Annie Besant

Topics: Being Brotherhood Divine Divinity Essence Fact He Himself Inevitable Know Life Man Shares Supreme Truth Whose

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In morals, theosophy builds its teachings on the unity, seeing in each form the expression of a common life, and therefore the fact that what injures one injures all. To do evil i.e., to throw poison into the life-blood of humanity, is a crime against the unity.

~Annie Besant

Topics: Against Builds Common Crime Each Evil Expression Fact Form Humanity Life Morals Poison Seeing Teachings Therefore Throw Unity

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Science regards man as an aggregation of atoms temporarily united by a mysterious force called the life-principle. To the materialist, the only difference between a living and a dead body is that in the one case that force is active, in the other latent.

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Topics: Active Atoms Between Body Case Dead Difference Force Latent Living Man Materialist Mysterious Only Only Difference Other Regards Science Temporarily United

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One of the great advantages of cremation - apart from all sanitary conditions - lies in the swift restoration to Mother Nature of the material elements composing the physical and astral corpses, brought about by the burning.

~Annie Besant

Topics: About Advantages Apart Brought Burning Composing Conditions Corpses Elements Great Lies Material Mother Mother Nature Nature Physical Restoration Sanitary Swift

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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.

~Annie Besant

Topics: After Appears Captivity Far Finest Form Higher His Latter Least Moral Name Noticeable Old Old Testament Part Productions Prophets Second Seventeen Supposed Testament Tone Who Whose Writings Wrote

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Philosopher

Born: October 1st, 1847

Died: September 20th, 1933

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