To give up the task of reforming society is to give up one’s responsibility as a free man.
ALAN PATONCry, the beloved country, for the unborn child that is the inheritor of our fear. Let him not love the earth too deeply… For fear will rob him of all if he gives too much.
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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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These hills are grass-covered and rolling, and they are lovely beyond any singing of it.
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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 ground is holy, being even as it came from the Creator.
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Such development has only one true name, and that is exploitation.
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It is my belief that the only power which can resist the power of fear is the power of love.
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Therefore if a law is unjust, and if the Judge judges according to the law, that is justice, even if it is not just.
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For fear will rob him of all if he gives too much.
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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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Sorrow is better than fear.
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Such lightening and thunder will come there has never been seen before, bringing death and destruction.
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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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Although nothing has come yet, something is here already.
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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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But sorrow is better than fear. For fear impoverishes always, while sorrow may enrich.
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