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.
ALAN PATONBut what do they help if one seeks for counsel, for one cries this, and one cries that, and another cries something that is neither this nor that.
More Alan Paton Quotes
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The Judge does not make the law. It is people that make the law.
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There is a lovely road that runs from Ixopo into the hills.
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Happy the eyes that can close
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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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Such development has only one true name, and that is exploitation.
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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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For mines are for men, not for money. And money is not something to go mad about, and throw your hat into the air for.
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I have never thought that a Christian would be free of suffering, umfundisi.
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We do not work for men. We work for the land and the people. We do not even work for money.
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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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She taught me to seek sustenance from the endeavor itself, but to leave the result to God.
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Money is for buying the fruits of the earth, of the land where you were born.
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When the storm threatens, a man is afraid for his house.
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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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I couldn’t face that question. (Ah, But Your Land Is Beautiful)
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