Death is but an aspect of life, and the destruction of one material form is but a prelude to building up of another.
Annie BesantScience 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.
Annie BesantThe man of meditation is the man who wastes no time, scatters no energy, misses no opportunity.
Annie BesantA common religion is not possible for India, but a recognition of a common basis for all religions, and the growth of a liberal, tolerant spirit in religious matters, are possible.
Annie Besant