Pain and suffering, they are a secret. Kindness and love, they are a secret.
ALAN PATONThe only way in which one can make endurable man’s inhumanity to man.
More Alan Paton Quotes
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But the one thing that has power completely is love, because when a man loves, he seeks no power, and therefore he has power.
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Behind the polished panelling the white ant eats away the wood. Nothing is ever quiet, except for fools
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One day in Johannesburg, and already the tribe was being rebuilt, the house and soul being restored.
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Money is for buying the fruits of the earth, of the land where you were born.
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When the storm threatens, a man is afraid for his house.
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Such lightening and thunder will come there has never been seen before, bringing death and destruction.
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Cry for the broken tribe, for the law and the custom that is gone. Aye, and cry aloud for the man who is dead, for the woman and children bereaved.
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There is a lovely road that runs from Ixopo into the hills.
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Ask yourself not if this or that is expedient, but if it is right.
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I have always found that actively loving saves one from a morbid preoccupation with the shortcomings of society.
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In the deserted harbour there is yet water that laps against the quays. In the dark and silent forest, there is a leaf that falls.
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She taught me to seek sustenance from the endeavor itself, but to leave the result to God.
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Sorrow is better than fear.
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What broke in a man when he could bring himself to kill another?
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There is not much talking now. A silence falls upon them all.
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