First Indian women physician (b. 1865), Death: 26-2-1887
1.
Be grateful for challenges because... Had there been no difficulties and no thorns in the way, then [each woman and] man would have been in his primitive state and no progress made in civilisation and mental culture.
Anandi Gopal Joshi
2.
... no man or woman should depend upon another for maintenance and necessaries. Family discord and social degradation will never end till each depends upon herself.
Anandi Gopal Joshi
No individual should rely on someone else for sustenance and necessities. Family quarrels and societal deterioration will never cease until each is responsible for themselves.
3.
I regard irreligious people as pioneers. If there had been no priesthood the world would have advanced ten thousand times better than it has now.
Anandi Gopal Joshi
I consider non-believers as trailblazers. If religious authorities had not existed, the world would have developed exponentially more than it has today.
