And were your back as broad as heaven, and your purse full of gold, and did your compassion reach from here to hell itself, there is nothing you can do.
ALAN PATONThe 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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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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Such development has only one true name, and that is exploitation.
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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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In the deserted harbour there is yet water that laps against the quays. In the dark and silent forest, there is a leaf that falls.
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This is no time to talk of hedges and fields, or the beauties of any country.
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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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Happy the eyes that can close
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I couldn’t face that question. (Ah, But Your Land Is Beautiful)
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But I have learned that kindness and love can pay for pain and suffering.
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For fear will rob him of all if he gives too much.
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Money is to make happy the lives of children. Money is for security, and for dreams, and for hopes, and for purposes.
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The only way in which one can make endurable man’s inhumanity to man.
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I have never thought that a Christian would be free of suffering, umfundisi.
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The tragedy is not that things are broken.
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