For fear will rob him of all if he gives too much.
ALAN PATONThere is a man sleeping in the grass. And over him is gathering the greatest storm of all his days.
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Sadness and fear and hate, how they well up in the heart and mind, whenever one opens pages of these messengers of doom.
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Sorrow is better than fear.
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What broke in a man when he could bring himself to kill another?
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Nothing is ever quiet, except for fools.
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When men are ruled by fear, they strive to prevent the very changes that will abate it.
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But when the house is destroyed, there is something to do. About a storm he can do nothing, but he can rebuild a house.
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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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There is a lovely road that runs from Ixopo into the hills.
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It is not permissible for us to go on destroying the family life when we know that we are destroying it.
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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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Fear is a journey,a terrible journey, but sorrow is at least an arrival.
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What broke in a man when he could bring himself to kill another?
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Ask yourself not if this or that is expedient, but if it is right.
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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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Let him not love the earth too deeply. Let him not laugh too gladly when the water runs through his fingers, nor stand too silent when the setting sun makes red the veld with fire.
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