But when the house is destroyed, there is something to do. About a storm he can do nothing, but he can rebuild a house.
ALAN PATONThere is not much talking now. A silence falls upon them all.
More Alan Paton Quotes
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I have never thought that a Christian would be free of suffering, umfundisi.
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Money is for food and clothes and comfort, and a visit to the pictures.
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Cry, the beloved country, for the unborn child that is the inheritor of our fear. Let him not love the earth too deeply… For fear will rob him of all if he gives too much.
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When the storm threatens, a man is afraid for his house.
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When a deep injury is done us, we never recover until we forgive.
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Let him not be too moved when the birds of his land are singing.
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The ground is holy, being even as it came from the Creator.
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Fear is a journey,a terrible journey, but sorrow is at least an arrival.
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I have always found that actively loving saves one from a morbid preoccupation with the shortcomings of society.
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For fear will rob him of all if he gives too much.
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Let me not be afraid to defend the weak because of the anger of the strong, nor afraid to defend the poor because of the anger of the rich.
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Something deep is touched here, something that is good and deep.
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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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Such development has only one true name, and that is exploitation.
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There is a lovely road that runs from Ixopo into the hills.
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