Faith will not be restored in the West because people believe it to be useful. It will return only when they find that it is true.
Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of LodsworthThe modern world is not given to uncritical admiration. It expects its idols to have feet of clay and can be reasonably sure that the press and camera will report their exact dimensions.
Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of LodsworthThere is no human failure greater than to launch a profoundly important endeavour and then leave it half done.
Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of LodsworthThere is no human failure greater than to launch a profoundly important endeavour and then leave it half done. This is what the West has done with its colonial system. It shook all the societies in the world loose from their old moorings. But it seems indifferent whether or not they reach safe harbour in the end.
Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth