Then some unknown rebellion brewed in you, doing harm to you, though how I do not understand.
ALAN PATONFor who can stop the heart from breaking?
More Alan Paton Quotes
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The sun pours down on the earth, on the lovely land that man cannot enjoy. He knows only the fear of his heart.
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It is my belief that the only power which can resist the power of fear is the power of love.
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Something deep is touched here, something that is good and deep.
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Although nothing has come yet, something is here already.
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Money is for food and clothes and comfort, and a visit to the pictures. Money is to make happy the lives of children.
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I couldn’t face that question. (Ah, But Your Land Is Beautiful)
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Keep it, guard it, care for it, for it keeps men, guards men, cares for men. Destroy it and man is destroyed.
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Pain and suffering, they are a secret. Kindness and love, they are a secret.
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When a deep injury is done us, we never recover until we forgive.
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Fear is a journey,a terrible journey, but sorrow is at least an arrival.
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Cry, the beloved country, these things are not yet at an end.
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It is not permissible for us to go on destroying the family life when we know that we are destroying it.
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There are voices crying what must be done, a hundred, a thousand voices.
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Building on the mistakes of the past and the energy generated by reconciliation to create a new future.
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Wise men write many books, in words too hard to understand. But this, the purpose of our lives, the end of all our struggle, is beyond all human wisdom.
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