Certain I am, that Christian Religion does no where allow Rebellion. – Mary Astell
The design of Rhetoric is to remove those Prejudices that lie in the way of Truth, to Reduce the Passions to the Government of Reasons to place our Subject in a Right Light, and excite our Hearers to a due consideration of it. – Mary Astell
How can a Man respect his Wife when he has a contemptible Opinion of her and her Sex? – Mary Astell
If all men are born free, how is it that all women are born slaves? – Mary Astell
A long and wicked life followed by five minutes of perfect grace gets you into Heaven. An equally long life of decent living and good works followed by one outburst of taking the name of the Lord in vain — then have a heart attack at that moment and be damned for eternity. Is that the system? – Robert A. Heinlein