"Certain I am, that Christian Religion does no where allow Rebellion."

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Source : Mary Astell, Patricia Springborg (1996). “Astell: Political Writings”, p.169, Cambridge University Press

Mary Astell

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“Humility is a quality for which I have only a limited admiration. In many phases of life it is a great mistake and degenerates into defensiveness or hypocrisy.”
“...he seemed to approach the grave as an hyperbolic curve approaches a line, less directly as he got nearer, till it was doubtful if he would ever reach it at all.”
“Awakening is usually precipitated by the honest, sincere, inquiry into who you really are.”

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“The most important thing is to be happy myself with what I am doing.”
“About the only problem with success is that it does not teach you how to deal with failure.”

Source : Tommy Lasorda, David Fisher (1986). “The Artful Dodger”, Avon Books
“The activity of both sets of muscles, the diaphragm and the abdominal muscles, varies reciprocally. Thus, during inspiration the tonus of the diaphragm increases while that of the abdominal muscles decreases, and vice-versa during expiration. Hence there exists between these two muscle groups a floating equilibrium constantly shifting in both directions.”
“Being in the dark from sentence to sentence is what convinces me to go on.”
“Study your prayers, a great part of my time is spent getting in tune for prayer.”

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