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Member of the London School Board

Annie Besant was a prominent social reformer, writer, and member of the London School Board. Born on October 1, 1847, she dedicated her life to improving the conditions of the working class and advocating for women's rights. She played a significant role in the Indian independence movement and was a leader in the Theosophical Society. Annie Besant passed away on September 20, 1933.

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Famous Annie Besant 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.”

Men Needs Law Natural Satisfaction Sexuality Disregard Natural Law Celibacy

Book:The Law of Population: Its Consequences and Its Bearing Upon Human Conduct and Morals

Source: The Law of Population: Its Consequences and Its Bearing Upon Human Conduct and Morals

“Where love rules, laws are not needed.”

Law Needed

Book:Theosophy

Source: Theosophy

“Muhammadan law in its relation to women, is a pattern to European law. Look back to the history of Islam, and you will find that women have often taken leading places - on the throne, in the battle-field, in politics, in literature, poetry, etc.”

Looks Law Literature Taken Fields Battle Relation Islam Patterns Etc Thrones

Author:Annie 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.”

Thinking Law Christianity Islam Protected Quran Monogamy

Author:Annie Besant

“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.”

Law Church Sacrifice Danger Catholic Missions Transformed Martyr Captured Catholic Church Unbelievers Antagonist Roman Catholic Roman Catholic Church

Book:Annie Besant: An Autobiography

Source: Annie Besant: An Autobiography

“This Old Testament - containing error, folly, absurdity and immorality - is by English statute law declared to be of divine authority, a blasphemy - if there were anyone to be blasphemed - blacker and more insolent than any word ever written or penned by the most hotheaded Freethinker.”

Ifs Law Written Divine Authority Errors Folly Absurdity Testament Old Testament Blasphemy Immorality Freethinker Containing Statutes Insolent

Book:The Christian Creed: Or, What it is Blasphemy to Deny

Source: The Christian Creed: Or, What it is Blasphemy to Deny

“Yoga is a science, and not a vague dreamy drifting or imagining. It is an applied science, a systematized collection of laws applied to bring about a definite end. It takes up the laws of psychology, applicable to the unfolding of the whole consciousness of man on every plane, in every world, and applies those rationally in a particular case. This rational application of the laws of unfolding consciousness acts exactly on the same principles that you see applied around you every day in other departments of science.”

Source: The Nature and Practice of Yoga

About the Author

Born: October 1, 1847
Died: September 20, 1933
Known for: Member of the London School Board
Quotes: 150

Books & Sources

The Theosophical Writings of Annie BesantRelated source material

The Birth of New India: A Collection of Writings and Speeches on Indian AffairsRelated source material

Annie Besant: An AutobiographyRelated source material

Avatâras Four lectures delivered at the twenty-fourth anniversary meeting of the Theosophical Society at Adyar, Madras, December, 1899Related source material

THE IMMEDIATE FUTURERelated source material

Esoteric ChristianityRelated source material

The Nature and Practice of YogaRelated source material

A Study in Consciousness: A Contribution to the Science of PsychologyRelated source material

Christianity: Its Evidences, Its Origin, Its Morality, Its HistoryRelated source material

Death and After?Related source material

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