Jews were the first to believe that history itself has meaning and that progress, not repetition, is the law of life.
Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of LodsworthOn the one hand, we are faced with the stewardship of this beautiful, subtle, incredibly delicate, fragile planet. On the other, we confront the destiny of our fellow man, our brothers. How can we say that we are followers of Christ if this dual responsibility does not seem to us the essence and heart of our religion?
Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of LodsworthIt is very much easier for a rich man to invest and grow richer than for the poor man to begin investing at all. And this is also true of nations.
Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of LodsworthIt is a fact of history that those who seek to withdraw from its great experiments usually end up being overwhelmed by them.
Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of LodsworthWe have forgotten how to be good guests, how to walk lightly on the earth as its other creatures do.
Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of LodsworthIt is only when people begin to shake loose from their preconceptions, from the ideas that have dominated them, that we begin to receive a sense of opening, a sense of vision...That is the sort of time we live in now. We...live in an epoch in which the solid ground of our preconceived ideas shakes daily under our uncertain feet.
Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth