"Self expression is a function of responsibility."

“Left alone with our own heads on, we can be pretty mental.”

“American Lives Are Not More Important Than Other People's Lives”

“What any person in the world can learn, almost all persons can learn if provided with appropriate prior and current conditions of learning.”

“Strength of body, strength of mind, strength of character, qualities to be admired in any person.”

“No amount of virtuosic skill and choice of subject matter can be a substitute for depth and poetry.”

“There's something therapeutic about nudity. Clothing is one of the external things about a character. Take away the Gucci or Levi's and we're all the same. But not when the nanny is around. But I will with my wife and kids.”

“The question is very understandable, but no one has found a satisfactory answer to it so far. Yes, why do they make still more gigantic planes, still heavier bombs and, at the same time, prefabricated houses for reconstruction? Why should millions be spent daily on the war and yet there's not a penny available for medical services, artists, or for poor people? Why do some people have to starve, while there are surpluses rotting in other parts of the world? Oh, why are people so crazy?”

“No durable things are built on violent passion. Nature grows her plants in silence and in darkness, and only when they have become strong do they put their heads above the ground.”

Source : Annie Besant (1917). “The Birth of New India: A Collection of Writings and Speeches on Indian Affairs”