One day in Johannesburg, and already the tribe was being rebuilt, the house and soul being restored.
ALAN PATONAnd 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.
More Alan Paton Quotes
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What broke in a man when he could bring himself to kill another?
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The tragedy is not that things are broken.
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Money is for food and clothes and comfort, and a visit to the pictures. Money is to make happy the lives of children.
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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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To give up the task of reforming society is to give up one’s responsibility as a free man.
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These hills are grass-covered and rolling, and they are lovely beyond any singing of it.
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Building on the mistakes of the past and the energy generated by reconciliation to create a new future.
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Cry for the broken tribe, for the law and the custom that is gone. Aye, and cry aloud for the man who is dead, for the woman and children bereaved.
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When I go up there, which is my intention, the Big Judge will say to me, Where are your wounds? and if I say I haven’t any, he will say, Was there nothing to fight for?
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Ask yourself not if this or that is expedient, but if it is right.
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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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Happy the eyes that can close
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If you wrote a novel in South Africa which didn’t concern the central issues, it wouldn’t be worth publishing.
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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 a man sleeping in the grass. And over him is gathering the greatest storm of all his days.
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