WIST Quotations

Russell, Bertrand -- Lecture (1949-01-09), “The Role of Individuality,” Reith Lecture, “Authority and the Individual” No. 3, BBC Radio

Dave — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 14:30:39 +0000

And always, in our highly regularised way of life, [the modern man] is obsessed by thoughts of the morrow. Of all the precepts in the Gospels the one that Christians have most neglected is the commandment to take no thought for the morrow. If a man is prudent, thought for the morrow will lead him to save; if he is imprudent, it will make him apprehensive of being unable to pay his debts. In either case the moment loses its savour. Everything is organised, nothing is spontaneous.

Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) English mathematician and philosopher
Lecture (1949-01-09), “The Role of Individuality,” Reith Lecture, “Authority and the Individual” No. 3, BBC Radio
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Transcript. As collected, with edits, in Authority and the Individual (1949).

Maggio, Rosalie -- Money Talks: Quotations on Money and Investing, Introduction (1998)

Dave — Wed, 28 Jun 2023 15:19:02 +0000

Money is always on its way somewhere; we are only a way station. What we do with it while it’s in our keeping will say much about us — as will the direction it takes after we speed it on its way.

Rosalie Maggio (1944-2021) American writer
Money Talks: Quotations on Money and Investing, Introduction (1998)

Grafton, Sue -- “T” is for Trespass, ch. 9 (2007)

Dave — Fri, 03 Mar 2023 20:47:50 +0000

You can’t save others from themselves because those who make a perpetual muddle of their lives don’t appreciate your interfering with the drama they’ve created. They want your poor-sweet-baby sympathy, but they don’t want to change. This is a truth I never seem to learn.

Sue Grafton (1940-2017) American novelist, screenwriter
“T” is for Trespass, ch. 9 (2007)
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Taylor, Barbara Brown -- An Altar in the World, ch. 2 (2009)

Dave — Fri, 10 Sep 2021 15:40:58 +0000

The problem is, many of the people in need of saving are in churches, and at least part of what they need saving from is the idea that God sees the world the same way they do.

Barbara Brown Taylor (b. 1951) American minister, academic, author
An Altar in the World, ch. 2 (2009)
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