It is not “forgive and forget” as if nothing wrong had ever happened, but “forgive and go forward,
ALAN PATONSorrow is better than fear.
More Alan Paton Quotes
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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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Cry, the beloved country, these things are not yet at an end.
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There is only one thing that has power completely, and that is love.
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For fear will rob him of all if he gives too much.
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It is not permissible to add to one’s possesions if these things can only be done at the cost of other men.
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Life has not taught me to expect nothing, but she has taught me not to expect success to be the inevitable result of my endeavors.
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Happy the eyes that can close
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When men are ruled by fear, they strive to prevent the very changes that will abate it.
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This is no time to talk of hedges and fields, or the beauties of any country.
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But the one thing that has power completely is love, because when a man loves, he seeks no power, and therefore he has power.
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But sorrow is better than fear. For fear impoverishes always, while sorrow may enrich.
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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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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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When the storm threatens, a man is afraid for his house.
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For it is the dawn that has come, as it has come for a thousand centuries, never failing.
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