Attribuée à Annie Besant

«'Better remain silent, better not even think, if you are not prepared to act.'»
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Elle ne figure pas dans l'œuvre de Annie Besant

Attributed to Besant in countless quotation collections, it does not appear in her Autobiography, in the Autobiographical Sketches or in the Theosophical works digitised at Project Gutenberg. With no location in any specific work, it must be regarded as of unverified authenticity.

Source: Project Gutenberg, obras de Annie Besant (autora 1425): An Autobiography (#12085), Thought-Forms (#16269), Esoteric Christianity (#26938), An Introduction to Yoga (#4278), Death—and After? (#18266), My Path to Atheism (#37234), London Lectures of 1907 (#20800), The Case for India (#12820), entre otras.

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Paroles vérifiées de Annie Besant

«Yoga is the rational application of the laws of the unfolding of consciousness, self-applied in an individual case.»
An Introduction to Yoga (1908), conferencia I, «La naturaleza del yoga»
«Yoga is a science, and not a vague, dreamy drifting or imagining. It is an applied science, a systematized collection of laws applied to bring about a definite end.»
An Introduction to Yoga (1908), conferencia I, «El yoga es una ciencia»
«Each definite thought produces a double effect — a radiating vibration and a floating form.»
Thought-Forms (1905, con C. W. Leadbeater), «Los dos efectos del pensamiento»

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