Annie Besant Quotes

The true basis of morality is utility; that is, the adaptation of our actions to the promotion of the general welfare and happiness; the endeavour so to rule our lives that we may serve and bless mankind.

Annie Besant

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: philosopher
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: October 1, 1847 - September 20, 1933

Topics

HappinessPromotionMoralityTrue

This idea of selfishness as a virtue, as opposed to generosity: That, to me, is unnatural.

Jessica Lange

GenerosityMeSelfishnessVirtue

Any American who joins al Qaeda will know full well that they have joined an organization that is at war with the United States. Any American who did that should know well that they in fact are part of an enemy... and that the U.S. will do anything that is possible to destroy that enemy to save American lives.

John O. Brennan

WarOrganizationAmericanPossible

No rendering can really simulate the way the light bounces off the bronze panel. From some angles, it's almost a mirror, and from others it's a matte surface.

Michael Arad

MirrorLightWayOthersAnglesOff

There's one thing now that I experience every day when I'm making a film. I get up and think to myself, 'Am I going to be able to do it today?' I figure as long as I have that fear, I'll be alright.

Stephen Frears

FearTodayMyselfExperienceDayUp

As a child, acting just seemed like a natural extension of my love of play - and if you've forgotten how to play, you shouldn't be an actor.

Simon McBurney

LoveChildYouActingPlayActor

Reading 'Youth in Revolt' might have ruined my career because suddenly I wanted to abandon all the emotional truth of something and just go out far on a literary limb with completely implausible things that relied completely on voice and humor. And what saved me is realizing that I couldn't do that very well.

Rob Thomas

TruthHumorMeYouthReadingVoice

If you give me Times Square, I want to give it back to the people.

JR

PeopleMeYouBackWantGive Me

Looking back, my whole life seems so surreal. I didn't just turn up on the doorstep playing rugby; I had to go through a whole lot of things to get there.

Jonah Lomu

LifeLooking BackLookingBackGo

There's some kind of dark symbiosis between lunatics and the Postal Service.

Don Novello

ServiceDarkKindBetweenSome

I tell myself every day I love my Jacuzzi, I love my marble floors, I love my high ceilings.

DJ Khaled

LoveMyselfDayEvery DayTellHigh

At the parish level, where the church lives and moves and breathes, that's where we need to be engaging our people much more in understanding the Word of God... the Word of God reflected in the traditional teaching of the church, the Word of God reflected in the scriptures, is as much a part of their lives as anything else.

Donald Wuerl

GodPeopleChurchUnderstandingNeed

'Paper Girls' in 1900 would be really cool. The girls could ride those old bicycles with the giant front wheel!

Cliff Chiang

RideCoolWheelOldPaperWould

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