Belief in karma ought to make the life pure, strong, serene and glad. Only our own deeds can hinder us; only our own will can fetter us. Once let men recognize this truth, and the hour of their liberation has struck. Nature cannot enslave the soul that by wisdom has gained power and uses both in love.
Annie BesantTo me in my childhood, elves and fairies of all sorts were very real things, and my dolls were as really children as I was myself a child.
Annie BesantI have ever been the queerest mixture of weakness and strength, and have paid heavily for the weakness.
Annie Besant