27 Quotes by Scilla Elworthy

When faced with world problems - like hunger, overpopulation, nuclear weapons, the arms trade - you may be among those who are overwhelmed by a feeling of "Help! What on earth can I, just one person, do about this?" Take heart. That's a sane response. It's the basis for a whole new attitude to world problems, where change at the level of the individual is more and more recognised as essential to change in huge world systems.

Real change comes when people are enabled to use their thinking and their energy in a new way, using a different system of thought, different language, and having fresh visions of the future.

Anger is like gasoline. If you spray it around and somebody lights a match, you've got an inferno. [But] if we can put our anger inside an engine, it can drive us forward.

Dialogue is a non-confrontational communication, where both partners are willing to learn from the other and therefore leads much farther into finding new grounds together.

Change happens at the level of the individual.

To discover your mission and put it into action – instead of worrying on the sidelines – is to find peace of mind and a heart full of love.

The future will be envisioned and built collaboratively – or not at all.

I flew aeroplanes, parachuted, walked on my own across the Himalayas – you name it; if it was dangerous, I did it.

If governments were kind, they’d realize that conficts are resolved and wars prevented not by armies but by ordinary people.