WIST Quotations

Russell, Bertrand -- Conquest of Happiness, Part 2, ch. 14 “Work” (1930)

Dave — Wed, 31 Dec 2025 19:23:44 +0000

The habit of viewing life as a whole is an essential part both of wisdom and of true morality, and is one of the things which ought to be encouraged in education. Consistent purpose is not enough to make life happy, but it is an almost indispensable condition of a happy life. And consistent purpose embodies itself mainly in work.

Bertrand Russell (1872–1970) English mathematician and philosopher
Conquest of Happiness, Part 2, ch. 14 “Work” (1930)

Steinem, Gloria -- Moving Beyond Words, Part 6 “Doing Sixty” (1994)

Dave — Fri, 23 Jun 2023 14:24:52 +0000

Violent means are unlikely to reach a peaceful end … the ends and means are a seamless web.

Gloria Steinem (1934–2026) American feminist, journalist, activist
Moving Beyond Words, Part 6 “Doing Sixty” (1994)

Regarding the Vietnam anti-war movement.

Tutu, Desmond -- “The Bishop and South Africa,” interview by Rafael Suarez, Jr., Worldview (Dec 1984)

Dave — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 01:04:08 +0000

I do not preach a social gospel; I preach the Gospel, period. The gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ is concerned for the whole person. When people were hungry, Jesus didn’t say, “Now, is that political, or social?” He said, “I feed you.” […] I can’t believe that you can compartmentalize life and say this is political and this is religious, because for us religion must permeate the whole of life. If people wish to say, “God’s writ does not run in the political sphere,” I want to ask, “Whose does?”

Desmond Tutu (1931–2021) South African cleric, Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, Nobel Laureate
“The Bishop and South Africa,” interview by Rafael Suarez, Jr., Worldview (Dec 1984)