#gr

The Steps to Folly as well as Sin are gradual, and almost imperceptible, and when we are once on the Decline, we go down without taking notice on't. ↗

— Mary Astell

#decline #down #folly #go #gradual

'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 stand upon their Value, be so insensible of their own worth. ↗

— Mary Astell

#concerns #great #insensible #know #matters

Unhappy is that Grandeur which makes us too great to be good; and that Wit which sets us at a distance from true Wisdom. ↗

— Mary Astell

#good #grandeur #great #makes #sets

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 with us, and is inseparable from our Being, but we very much need to be Inform'd what is the true Way to Happiness. ↗

— Mary Astell

#being #born #fit #happiness #happy

But when I hear a great song, I can't help but be inspired by it, regardless of whatever genre that song falls under. ↗

— Taylor Swift

#genre #great #hear #help #i

I think Poe had a mission to tell us what it's all about. To answer some of the great questions of life. ↗

— John Astin

#answer #great #had #i #i think

One of the great things about being recognized is that you receive this feedback from people. It is easy to see how sincere people are. It's nothing fake or jive. They're giving sincere appreciation. And it's not that easy to express. ↗

— John Astin

#appreciation #being #easy #express #fake

There are things so deep and complex that only intuition can reach it in our stage of development as human beings. And to Poe... well, a great logician could be an enemy to him, what he called conventional world reason. ↗

— John Astin

#called #complex #conventional #could #deep

There is nothing as special as watching greatness. ↗

— Sean Astin

#nothing #special #watching

We also shot at a location that was an Aboriginal sacred ground for the shots coming up the cliff. ↗

— Christopher Atkins

#also #cliff #coming #ground #location