The tragedy is not that things are broken.
ALAN PATONIt is my belief that the only power which can resist the power of fear is the power of love.
More Alan Paton Quotes
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Let him not be too moved when the birds of his land are singing.
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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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Pain and suffering, they are a secret. Kindness and love, they are a secret.
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There is only one thing that has power completely, and that is love.
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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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Ask yourself not if this or that is expedient, but if it is right.
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Now God be thanked that the name of a hill is such music, that the name of a river can heal.
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Happy the eyes that can close
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Such development has only one true name, and that is exploitation.
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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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Money is for food and clothes and comfort, and a visit to the pictures.
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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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Such lightening and thunder will come there has never been seen before, bringing death and destruction.
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Although nothing has come yet, something is here already.
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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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