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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.

Alan Paton

It is my belief that the only power which can resist the power of fear is the power of love.
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Belief Fear Love Only Power Resist
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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Book Hard Human Many Struggle Understand Wisdom Write
Forgive us all, for we all have trespasses.
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All Forgive Trespass Us
The only way in which one can make endurable man’s inhumanity to man.
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Endurable Inhumanity Make Man Only Way
One thing is about to be finished, but here is something that is only begun. And while I live it will continue
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Begun Continue Finish One Something Thing
Let him not be too moved when the birds of his land are singing.
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Bird Land Move Sing
And man’s destruction of his own environment, is to exemplify in your own lives man’s humanity to man and man’s reverence for the place in which he lives.
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Destruction Environment Exemplify Humanity Live Man Own Place Reverence
There is a man sleeping in the grass. And over him is gathering the greatest storm of all his days.
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All Day Gather Grass Great Man Over Sleep Storm
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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Ehetehr Grass Halt Moment Movement See Wake
The ground is holy, being even as it came from the Creator.
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Being Came Creator Ground Holy
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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Cost Done Men One Other Permissible Possession These Thing
The Judge does not make the law. It is people that make the law.
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Judge Law Make People
Money is for food and clothes and comfort, and a visit to the pictures.
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Clothes Comfort Food Money Picture Visit
One day in Johannesburg, and already the tribe was being rebuilt, the house and soul being restored.
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Already Being Day One People Rebuilt Tribe
Pain and suffering, they are a secret. Kindness and love, they are a secret.
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Kindness Love Pain Secret Suffer
I couldn’t face that question. (Ah, But Your Land Is Beautiful)
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Beautiful Face Land Question

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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