Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth ✓

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• We have forgotten how to be good guests, how to walk lightly on the earth as its other creatures do. Creatures
• [To the cultures of Asia and the continent of Africa] it is the Western impact which has stirred up the winds of change and set… Africa
• We cannot cheat on DNA. We cannot get round photosynthesis. We cannot say I am not going to give a damn about phytoplankton. All these… All
• The modern world is not given to uncritical admiration. It expects its idols to have feet of clay and can be reasonably sure that the… Admiration
• On the one hand, we are faced with the stewardship of this beautiful, subtle, incredibly delicate, fragile planet. On the other, we confront the destiny… Beautiful
• There is no human failure greater than to launch a profoundly important endeavour and then leave it half done. Endeavour
• Business shouldn't be like sports, separating the men from the women. Business
• Every single ancient wisdom and religion will tell you the same thing - don't live entirely for yourself, live for other people. Don't get stuck… Ancient
• To me, one of the proofs that there is a moral governance in the universe is the fact that when people and governments work intelligently… Achieve
• To act without rapacity, to use knowledge with wisdom, to respect interdependence, to operate without hubris and greed are not simply moral imperatives. They are… Accurate
• If a man has lived in a tradition which tells him that nothing can be done about his human condition, to believe that progress is… All

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