WIST Quotations

Newman, John -- “Lead, Kindly Light” (16 Jun 1833)

Dave — Tue, 05 May 2015 13:26:37 +0000

Lead, kindly Light, amid the encircling gloom,
Lead Thou me on;
The night is dark, and I am far from home;
Lead Thou me on!
Keep Thou my feet; I do not ask to see
The distant scene; — one step enough for me.

John Henry Newman (1801-1890) English prelate, Catholic Cardinal, theologian
“Lead, Kindly Light” (16 Jun 1833)
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Keller, Helen -- “Optimism” (1903)

Dave — Mon, 02 Mar 2015 13:25:56 +0000

It is a mistake always to contemplate the good and ignore the evil, because by making people neglectful it lets in disaster. There is a dangerous optimism of ignorance and indifference.

Helen Keller (1880-1968) American author and lecturer
“Optimism” (1903)
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Hughes, Langston -- “Justice” (1923)

Dave — Tue, 16 Dec 2014 13:21:07 +0000

That Justice is a blind goddess
Is a thing to which we black are wise:
Her bandage hides two festering sores
That once perhaps were eyes.

Langston Hughes (1902-1967) American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright
“Justice” (1923)

Heywood, John -- Proverbes, Part 2, ch. 9 (1546)

Dave — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 15:07:13 +0000

Who is so deafe, or so blynde, as is hee,
That wilfully will nother heare nor see?

[Who is so deaf, or so blind, as is he,
That willfully will neither hear nor see?]

John Heywood (1497?-1580?) English playwright and epigrammist
Proverbes, Part 2, ch. 9 (1546)
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