black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

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.

Alan Paton

Let him not be too moved when the birds of his land are singing.
ALAN PATON

Bird Land Move Sing
For who can stop the heart from breaking?
ALAN PATON

Break Heart Stop
There is a man sleeping in the grass. And over him is gathering the greatest storm of all his days.
ALAN PATON

All Day Gather Grass Great Man Over Sleep Storm
We do not work for men. We work for the land and the people. We do not even work for money.
ALAN PATON

Men Work
Although nothing has come yet, something is here already.
ALAN PATON

Already Although Come Nothing Something
Money is to make happy the lives of children. Money is for security, and for dreams, and for hopes, and for purposes.
ALAN PATON

Children Dream Happy Hope Live Make Money Security
And whether they do not see him there in the grass, or whether they fear to halt even a moment, but they do not wake him, they let him be.
ALAN PATON

Ehetehr Grass Halt Moment Movement See Wake
Sadness and fear and hate, how they well up in the heart and mind, whenever one opens pages of these messengers of doom.
ALAN PATON

Doom Fear Hate Hell Messenger Mind Open Sadness
Nothing is ever quiet, except for fools.
ALAN PATON

Ever Except Foot Nothing Quiet
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.
ALAN PATON

Deep Earth FIner Fire Let Love Make Sun Through
The Judge does not make the law. It is people that make the law.
ALAN PATON

Judge Law Make People
The tragedy is not that things are broken.
ALAN PATON

Broken Thing Tragedy
The Afrikaner has nowhere to go, and thats why he would rather destroy himself than capitulate.
ALAN PATON

Capitulate Country Destroy Go Himself Nowhere Rather
because life slips away, and because I need for the rest of my journey a star that will not play false to me, a compass that will not lie.
ALAN PATON

Away Compass False Journey Lie Life Ned Play Rest Slip
Forgive us all, for we all have trespasses.
ALAN PATON

All Forgive Trespass Us
It was not his habit to dwell on what could have been, but what could never be.
ALAN PATON

Been Could Dwell Habit never

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.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

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.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Alan Paton Quotes