WIST Quotations

White, T. H. -- (Attributed)

Dave — Sun, 01 Feb 2004 16:00:00 +0000

To go against the dominant thinking of your friends, of most of the people you see every day, is perhaps the most difficult act of heroism you can have.

T. H. White (1906–1964) English writer [Terence Hanbury White]
(Attributed)

White, T. H. -- (Attributed)

Dave — Sun, 01 Feb 2004 16:00:00 +0000

The most difficult thing in the world is to know how to do a thing and to watch someone else do it wrong without comment.

T. H. White (1906–1964) English writer [Terence Hanbury White]
(Attributed)

White, T. H. -- The Once and Future King, Part 2, ch. 3 [Merlyn] (1939)

Dave — Mon, 05 Oct 2026 17:05:04 +0000

I never could stomach those nationalists. The destiny of Man is to unite, not to divide. If you keep on dividing you end up as a collection of monkeys throwing nuts at each other out of separate trees.

T. H. White (1906–1964) English writer [Terence Hanbury White]
The Once and Future King, Part 2, ch. 3 [Merlyn] (1939)