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A hero holds purposes appropriate to man and is, therefore, a thinker. Andrew Bernstein

Man Hero Appropriate Purposes Holds Therefore Thinker

What is the constitution of the universe? The universe is the manifestation of the divine thought; the thought of God embodies itself in the thought-forms that we call worlds. Annie Besant

God Constitution Thought Universe Worlds Embodies Divine Call Itself Manifestation

Men are at every stage of evolution, from the most barbarous to the most developed; men are found of lofty intelligence, but also of the most unevolved mentality; in one place there is a highly developed and complex civilisation, in another a crude and simple polity. Annie Besant

Intelligence Simple Men Stage Every Complex Evolution Lofty Civilisation Mentality Crude Developed Highly Most Also Another Polity Place Found

Britons are good, though often brutal, colonists where they come into relations with entirely uncivilized tribes whose past is so remote as to be forgotten. But they trample with their heavy boots over the sensitive, delicate susceptibilities of an ancient, highly civilized and cultured nation, such as India. Annie Besant

Good Nation Past Britons Relations Though Tribes Ancient Boots India Entirely Delicate Colonists Civilized Uncivilized Brutal Highly Over Come Remote Cultured Trample Often Forgotten Where Heavy Sensitive Whose

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. Annie Besant

Man is a spiritual intelligence, who has taken flesh with the object of gaining experience in worlds below the spiritual, in order that he may be able to master and to rule them, and in later ages take his place in the creative and directing hierarchies of the universe. Annie Besant

Spiritual Man Creative Experience Intelligence Master Universe Worlds Later Rule Hierarchies Able Object Directing Take He Taken His May Order Place Gaining Them Ages Flesh Who Below

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 Besant

World Thought Feeling Every Changing Visible Sight Constantly See Colour Thus Aura Itself Surrounds Person Flashes Translating Each

There can be no wise politics without thought beforehand. Annie Besant

Politics Wise Thought Without Beforehand

Debating clubs among boys are very useful, not only as affording pleasant meetings and interesting discussions, but also as serving for training grounds for developing the knowledge and the qualities that are needed in public life. 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. Annie Besant

Faith Woman Law AI Free Islam Think Christianity Liberal About More Protected Preaches Than Often Which Monogamy

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

Evil Complete Only Imperfection Becoming End Which Found

In a deep metaphysical sense, all that is conditioned is illusory. All phenomena are literally 'appearances,' the outer masks in which the One Reality shows itself forth in our changing universe. The more 'material' and solid the appearance, the further is it from reality, and therefore the more illusory it is. Annie Besant

Reality Sense Universe Changing Our Further Solid Outer More Masks Material Metaphysical Conditioned Itself Literally Which Reality Shows Forth Deep Therefore Appearance Appearances Shows Illusory Phenomena

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 Besant

Women Church Evil Thought Christian Despise Those Leaders Spoke Most Greatest Saints Centuries Who Necessary Necessary Evil

There is much, of course, in the exclusive claims of Christianity which make it hostile to other faiths. Annie Besant

Christianity Other Claims Hostile Exclusive Make Course Faiths Which Much

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. Annie Besant

Continents may break up, continents may emerge, but the human race is immortal in its origin and in its growth, and there is nothing to be afraid of, even if the foundations of the earth be moved. Annie Besant

Nothing Earth Immortal Emerge Continents Up May Human Moved Afraid Break Break Up Race Human Race Origin Even Foundations Growth

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 Besant

Life God Needs Religion Knowledge Men Nothing Else Everything Everything Else Superfluous Surface Than Essence Which Eternal Eternal Life Less Save

As civilisation advances, the deities lessen in number, the divine powers become concentrated more and more in one Being, and God rules over the whole earth, maketh the clouds his chariot, and reigns above the waterfloods as a king. Annie Besant

God Clouds King Become Earth Rules Chariot Above More Civilisation More And More Divine Advances Over Concentrated Powers Maketh His Being Lessen Whole Reigns Number

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

Science Power Birth Rang Arbitrary Constantly Supreme Supreme Power

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

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

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