Money is for food and clothes and comfort, and a visit to the pictures.
ALAN PATONThere is a lovely road that runs from Ixopo into the hills.
More Alan Paton Quotes
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It is not “forgive and forget” as if nothing wrong had ever happened, but “forgive and go forward,
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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.
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I have one great fear in my heart, that one day when they are turned to loving, they will find that we are turned to hating.
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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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There is only one thing that has power completely, and that is love.
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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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What broke in a man when he could bring himself to kill another?
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I am a weak and sinful man, but God put His hands on me, that is all.
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Cry, the beloved country, for the unborn child that’s the inheritor of our fear.
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The ground is holy, being even as it came from the Creator.
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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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But sorrow is better than fear. For fear impoverishes always, while sorrow may enrich.
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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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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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Something deep is touched here, something that is good and deep.
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