She taught me to seek sustenance from the endeavor itself, but to leave the result to God.
ALAN PATONThe tragedy is that things are not mended again.
More Alan Paton Quotes
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When a deep injury is done us, we never recover until we forgive.
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Let him not be too moved when the birds of his land are singing.
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Let me not be afraid to defend the weak because of the anger of the strong, nor afraid to defend the poor because of the anger of the rich.
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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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Cry, the beloved country, these things are not yet at an end.
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Happy the eyes that can close
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But to punish and not to restore, that is the greatest of all offences.
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Money is for food and clothes and comfort, and a visit to the pictures.
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But I have learned that kindness and love can pay for pain and suffering.
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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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Nosecond Johannesburg isneededuponthe earth.One is enough.
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What broke in a man when he could bring himself to kill another?
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Then some unknown rebellion brewed in you, doing harm to you, though how I do not understand.
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I have never thought that a Christian would be free of suffering, umfundisi.
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And were your back as broad as heaven, and your purse full of gold, and did your compassion reach from here to hell itself, there is nothing you can do.
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