Best Mary Astell Quotes
- We may not commit a lesser Sin under pretence to avoid a greater, but we may, nay we ought to endure the greatest Pain and… Avoid
- The Relation we bear to the Wisdom of the Father, the Son of His Love, gives us indeed a dignity which otherwise we have no… Bear
- Although it has been said by men of more wit than wisdom, and perhaps more malice than either, that women are naturally incapable of acting… Acting
- Certain I am, that Christian Religion does no where allow Rebellion. Allow
- For certainly there cannot be a higher pleasure than to think that we love and are beloved by the most amiable and best Being. Amiable
- Every Body has so good an Opinion of their own Understanding as to think their own way the best. Best
- God is His own Design and End, and that there is no other Worthy of Him. Design
- We must Think what we Say, and Mean what we Profess. Inspirational
- How can a Man respect his Wife when he has a contemptible Opinion of her and her Sex? Contemptible
- He who will be just, must be forc'd to acknowledge, that neither Sex are always in the right. Acknowledge
- The Soul debases her self, when she sets her affections on any thing but her creator. Affection
- To all the rest of his Absurdities, (for vice is always unreasonable,) he adds one more, who expects that Vertue from another which he won't… Absurd
- We all agree that its fit to be as Happy as we can, and we need no Instructor to teach us this Knowledge, 'tis born… Agree
- We ought as much as we can to endeavour the Perfecting of our Beings, and that we be as happy as possibly we may. Beings
- Whilst our Hearts are violently set upon any thing, there is no convincing us that we shall ever be of another Mind. Another Mind
- Why is Slavery so much condemn'd and strove against in one Case, and so highly applauded and held so necessary and so sacred in another? Applauded
- Women need not take up with mean things, since (if they are not wanting to themselves) they are capable of the best. Best
- The scum of the People are most Tyrannical when they get the Power, and treat their Betters with the greatest Insolence. Betters
- Women are not so well united as to form an Insurrection. They are for the most part wise enough to love their Chains, and to… Becomingly
- Tis very great pity that they who are so apt to over-rate themselves in smaller matters, shou'd, where it most concerns them to know, and… Apt
- Upon the principles of reason, the good of many is preferable to the good of a few or of one; a lasting good is to… Few