Doris Lessing Quotes

Political correctness is the natural continuum from the party line. What we are seeing once again is a self-appointed group of vigilantes imposing their views on others. It is a heritage of communism, but they don’t seem to see this. Doris Lessing

Think wrongly, if you please, but in all cases think for yourself. Doris Lessing

It is the mark of great people to treat trifles as trifles and important matters as important. Doris Lessing

The great secret that all old people share is that you really haven’t changed in seventy or eighty years. Your body changes, but you don’t change at all. And that, of course, causes great confusion. Doris Lessing

It is terrible to destroy a person’s picture of himself in the interests of truth or some other abstraction. Doris Lessing