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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

“There is no birthright in the white skin that it shall say that wherever it goes, to any nation, amongst any people, there the people of the country shall give way before it, and those to whom the land belongs shall bow down and become its servants.”

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Book:Wake Up, India: A Plea for Social Reform

Source: Wake Up, India: A Plea for Social Reform

“Premonitions, presentiments, the sensing of unseen presences and many allied experiences are due to the activity of the astral body and its reaction on the physical; their ever-increasing frequency is merely the result of its evolution among educated people.”

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Author:Annie 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.”

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Author:Annie Besant

“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.”

People Ifs Firsts Government Suffering Cases Very Good Locals Administration Bad Government

Book:The Birth of New India: A Collection of Writings and Speeches on Indian Affairs

Source: The Birth of New India: A Collection of Writings and Speeches on Indian Affairs

“Among the various vernaculars that are spoken in different parts of India, there is one that stands out strongly from the rest, as that which is most widely known. It is Hindi. A man who knows Hindi can travel over India and find everywhere Hindi-speaking people.”

People Knows Men Different Known India Various Standing Out Hindi

Book:The Birth of New India: A Collection of Writings and Speeches on Indian Affairs

Source: The Birth of New India: A Collection of Writings and Speeches on Indian Affairs

“The mental body, like the astral, varies much in different people; it is composed of coarser or of finer matter, according to the needs of the more or less unfolded consciousness connected with it. In the educated it is active and well-defined; in the undeveloped it is cloudy and inchoate.”

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“Those who can serve best, those who help most, those who sacrifice most, those are the people who will be loved in life and honoured in death, when all questions of colour are swept away and when in a free country free citizens shall meet on equal grounds.”

People Country Helping Spiritual Sacrifice Citizens Equal Memorable Colour Swept Away Free Country

Book:Wake Up, India: A Plea for Social Reform

Source: Wake Up, India: A Plea for Social Reform

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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