“Men are at every stage of evolution, from the most barbarous to the mo...” — Annie Besant Quote

“Men are at every stage of evolution, from the most barbarous to the most developed; men are found of lofty intelligence, but also of the most unevolved mentality; in one place there is a highly developed and complex civilisation, in another a crude and simple polity.”

“Death consists, indeed, in a repeated process of unrobing, or unsheathing. The immortal part of man shakes off from itself, one after the other, its outer casings, and - as the snake from its skin, the butterfly from its chrysalis - emerges from one after another, passing into a higher state of consciousness.”

“Well, I think there's a distinction between sexing-up the intelligence and sexing-up the presentation of the intelligence.”

“The bookful blockhead, ignorantly read, With loads of learned lumber in his head.”

“I can't tell you if genius is hereditary, because heaven has granted me no offspring.”