Behind the polished panelling the white ant eats away the wood. Nothing is ever quiet, except for fools
ALAN PATONIn the deserted harbour there is yet water that laps against the quays. In the dark and silent forest, there is a leaf that falls.
More Alan Paton Quotes
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People hurry home past him, to places safe from danger.
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The truth is, our civilization is not Christian; it is a tragic compound of great ideal and fearful practice, of loving charity and fearful clutching of possessions.
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The ground is holy, being even as it came from the Creator.
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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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There is a man sleeping in the grass. And over him is gathering the greatest storm of all his days.
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Who knows for what we live, and struggle, and die?…
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To give up the task of reforming society is to give up one’s responsibility as a free man.
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St. Francis of Assisi taught me that there is a wound in the Creation and that the greatest use we could make of our lives was to ask to be made a healer of it.
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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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When the storm threatens, a man is afraid for his house.
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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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There is not much talking now. A silence falls upon them all.
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Sorrow is better than fear.
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I envision someday a great, peaceful South Africa in which the world will take pride, a nation in which each of many different groups will be making its own creative contribution.
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Money is to make happy the lives of children. Money is for security, and for dreams, and for hopes, and for purposes.
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