"But, alas! what poor Woman is ever taught that she should have a higher Design than to get her a Husband?"

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Source : Mary Astell, Patricia Springborg (1996). “Astell: Political Writings”, p.65, Cambridge University Press

Mary Astell

#Marriage Quotes #Husband Quotes #Design Quotes

“Reverence for life brings us into a spiritual relation with the world which is independent of all knowledge of the universe.”
“The consciousness of the animal begins to change when it interacts with a human who's gone beyond thinking. It's not only the animals assisting us; we are also assisting the animals.”
“You can either go to bed satisfied with your efforts today or stressed with what you left for tomorrow. You can either work hard to take on the hill or never know what it is that people see at the top.”

Source : Joe De Sena, Jeff O'Connell (2014). “Spartan Up!: A Take-No-Prisoners Guide to Overcoming Obstacles and Achieving Peak Performance in Life”, p.96, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“There aren't enough cookies in the world to make you feel loved and whole.”

Source : "Natural Eating" by Michael Neill, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 20, 2015.
“My son is 7 years old. I am 54. It has taken me a great many years to reach that age. I am more respected in the community, I am stronger, I am more intelligent and I think I am better than he is. I don't want to be a pal, I want to be a father.”
“We don't have to apologize for who we are”
“Teamwork is not a preference, it is a requirement.”
“We know that our senses are subject to decay, that from our middle years they are decaying all the time; but happily it is as if we didn't know and didn't believe.”

Source : William Henry Hudson (1923). “The Collected Works of W. H. Hudson: A traveller in little things”

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