Alan Paton on threaten
Alan Paton98 quotes“When the storm threatens, a man is afraid for his house.”
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What broke in a man when he could bring himself to kill another?
Alan PatonAlan Paton 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.
Alan PatonAlan Paton Sorrow is better than fear.
Alan PatonAlan Paton Nosecond Johannesburg isneededuponthe earth.One is enough.
Alan PatonAlan Paton Let me not be afraid to defend the weak because of the anger of the strong, nor afraid to defend the poor because of the anger of the rich.
Alan PatonAlan Paton When a deep injury is done us, we never recover until we forgive.
Alan PatonAlan Paton Let him not be too moved when the birds of his land are singing.
Alan PatonAlan Paton I have always found that actively loving saves one from a morbid preoccupation with the shortcomings of society.
Alan PatonAlan Paton 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 PatonAlan Paton 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.
Alan PatonAlan Paton Keep it, guard it, care for it, for it keeps men, guards men, cares for men. Destroy it and man is destroyed.
Alan PatonAlan Paton It is my belief that the only power which can resist the power of fear is the power of love.
Alan PatonAlan Paton Such development has only one true name, and that is exploitation.
Alan PatonAlan Paton Behind the polished panelling the white ant eats away the wood. Nothing is ever quiet, except for fools
Alan PatonAlan Paton For who can stop the heart from breaking?
Alan PatonAlan Paton because life slips away, and because I need for the rest of my journey a star that will not play false to me, a compass that will not lie.
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The passion for power over others can never cease to threaten mankind, and is always sure of finding new and unforseen allies in continuing its martyrology.
Lord ActonLord Acton We both have war inside us. Sometimes it keeps us alive. Sometimes it threatens to destroy us.
Veronica RothVeronica Roth Most children threaten at times to run away from home. This is the only thing that keeps some parents going.
Phyllis DillerPhyllis Diller Even very young children need to be informed about dying. Explain the concept of death very carefully to your child. This will make threatening him with it much more effective.
P. J. O'RourkeP. J. O'Rourke Human-caused climate change threatens almost every aspect of human existence.
Alan LowenthalAlan Lowenthal We as central bankers need not be concerned if a collapsing financial asset bubble does not threaten to impair the real economy, its production, jobs and price stability.
Alan GreenspanAlan Greenspan But most men regard their life as a poem that women threaten.
Alan BennettAlan Bennett Premie’ re approximation: j’e cris pour de truire, en les de crivant avec pre cision, des monstres nocturnes qui menacent d’envahir ma vie e veille e. First general point: I write to destroy, by describing exactly the nocturnal monsters that threaten to invade my waking life.
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