WIST Quotations

Buckminster, Joseph -- Sermon on 2 Peter 1:5-7

Dave — Fri, 15 Apr 2022 16:25:33 +0000

Indeed, the highest exercise of charity is, charity towards the uncharitable.

Joseph S. Buckminster (1784–1812) American Unitarian preacher and Bible scholar
Sermon on 2 Peter 1:5-7

Sermon 24 in Sermons by the Late Rev. J. S. Buckminster (1814). Scriptural reference.

Merton, Thomas -- Disputed Questions, “The Power and Meaning of Love” (1953)

Dave — Thu, 19 Oct 2017 05:49:24 +0000

Our job is to love others without stopping to inquire whether or not they are worthy. That is not our business and, in fact, it is nobody’s business. What we are asked to do is to love, and this love itself will render both ourselves and our neighbors worthy.

Thomas Merton (1915–1968) French-American religious and writer [a.k.a. Fr. M. Louis]
Disputed Questions, “The Power and Meaning of Love” (1953)

Roosevelt, Eleanor -- Memoir (1937), This Is My Story, ch. 17 “Readjustment”

Dave — Fri, 02 May 2008 10:55:46 +0000

Up to a certain point it is good for us to know that there are people in the world who will give us love and unquestioned loyalty to the limit of their ability. I doubt, however, if it is good for us to feel assured of this without the accompanying obligation of having to justify this devotion by our behavior.

Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962) American politician, diplomat, activist; First Lady of the US (1933–45)
Memoir (1937), This Is My Story, ch. 17 “Readjustment”

The same passage is included in her compiled 1961 Autobiography, Part 1, ch. 10 "Readjustment."