"Every Body has so good an Opinion of their own Understanding as to think their own way the best."

-- Mary Astell

#Thinking Quotes #Understanding Quotes #Body Quotes

“Philosophy itself cannot but benefit from our disputes, for if our conceptions prove true, new achievements will be made; if false, their refutation will further confirm the original doctrines.”
“The novel is resilient, and so are novelists.”
“That's what I tried to create, even though they are new pieces. I wanted them to feel like very special pieces that you can hold on to for a long time. I didn't want them to be too high fashion, I wanted them to be more timeless.”

Source : Source: www.harpersbazaar.com
“I used to feel that if I say something's wrong, I have to say how it could be made right. But what I learned from Kurt Vonnegut was that I could write stories that say I may not have a solution, but this is wrong - that's good enough.”
“Work, look for peace and calm in work: You will find it nowhere else. Pleasures flit by -- they are only for yourself; work leaves a mark of long-lasting joy, work is for others.”
“This is how it is now. This is my life.”
“Journalism can never be silent: that is its greatest virtue and its greatest fault. It must speak, and speak immediately, while the echoes of wonder, the claims of triumph and the signs of horror are still in the air.”
“The way the public sees it is this. If we don't leave, we are idiots. If we do leave but don't succeed in our mission, we are incompetent. But if we do succeed, it's because it was easy and anyone could have done it.”

You may also like:

Adam Smith
Philosopher
Anne Conway, Viscountess Conway
Philosopher
Aphra Behn
Dramatist
Eliza Haywood
Writer
Emilie du Chatelet
Mathematician
John Locke
Philosopher
Margaret Cavendish
Writer
Mary Wollstonecraft
Writer
Mary Wortley Montagu
Writer