We do not work for men. We work for the land and the people. We do not even work for money.
ALAN PATONSuch lightening and thunder will come there has never been seen before, bringing death and destruction.
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The tragedy is not that things are broken.
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Who knows for what we live, and struggle, and die?…
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Something deep is touched here, something that is good and deep.
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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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Nor give too much of his heart to a mountain or a valley. For fear will rob him if he gives too much.
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Such development has only one true name, and that is exploitation.
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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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Pain and suffering, they are a secret. Kindness and love, they are a secret.
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Behind the polished panelling the white ant eats away the wood. Nothing is ever quiet, except for fools
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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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For who can stop the heart from breaking?
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What broke in a man when he could bring himself to kill another?
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Nosecond Johannesburg isneededuponthe earth.One is enough.
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The Afrikaner has nowhere to go, and thats why he would rather destroy himself than capitulate.
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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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