It is my belief that the only power which can resist the power of fear is the power of love.
ALAN PATONSuch development has only one true name, and that is exploitation.
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I am a weak and sinful man, but God put His hands on me, that is all.
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Sorrow is better than fear.
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Let him not love the earth too deeply. Let him not laugh too gladly when the water runs through his fingers, nor stand too silent when the setting sun makes red the veld with fire.
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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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Such development has only one true name, and that is exploitation.
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The Afrikaner has nowhere to go, and thats why he would rather destroy himself than capitulate.
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For mines are for men, not for money. And money is not something to go mad about, and throw your hat into the air for.
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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 always found that actively loving saves one from a morbid preoccupation with the shortcomings of society.
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One thing is about to be finished, but here is something that is only begun. And while I live it will continue
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When I go up there, which is my intention, the Big Judge will say to me, Where are your wounds? and if I say I haven’t any, he will say, Was there nothing to fight for?
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I have never thought that a Christian would be free of suffering, umfundisi.
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The tragedy is not that things are broken.
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Such lightening and thunder will come there has never been seen before, bringing death and destruction.
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But perhaps when you were too obedient, and did not do openly what others did, and were quiet in church and hard-working at school.
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