More from Alan Paton
For it is the dawn that has come, as it has come for a thousand centuries, never failing.
Alan PatonAlan Paton People hurry home past him, to places safe from danger.
Alan PatonAlan Paton Something deep is touched here, something that is good and deep.
Alan PatonAlan Paton One thing is about to be finished, but here is something that is only begun. And while I live it will continue
Alan PatonAlan Paton 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.
Alan PatonAlan Paton What broke when he could bring himself to thrust down the knife into the warm flesh, to bring down the axe on the living head, to cleave down between the seeing eyes, to shoot the gun that would drive death into the beating heart?
Alan PatonAlan Paton It is not permissible for us to go on destroying the family life when we know that we are destroying it.
Alan PatonAlan Paton For our Lord suffered. And I come to believe that he suffered, not to save us from suffering, but to teach us how to bear suffering. For he knew that there is no life without suffering.
Alan PatonAlan Paton And money is not something to go mad about …
Alan PatonAlan Paton But sorrow is better than fear. For fear impoverishes always, while sorrow may enrich.
Alan PatonAlan Paton Such lightening and thunder will come there has never been seen before, bringing death and destruction.
Alan PatonAlan Paton 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
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Find someone who can hear you even when you’re silent.
Brad NeatonBrad Neaton Shadows follow me the way a vulture stalks death. One small step ahead.
Danielle MontgomeryDanielle Montgomery Hidden in the ashes, of a fallen building lays a child’s family photo, with whom he could never unite in life.
Heba NazarHeba Nazar To love something, someone. You don’t need to own them.
Sonika MSonika M When you miss someone, you realize their worth and your faith.
Aradhna S BirenAradhna S Biren The bed was the canvas, we were the art.
Jonny OxJonny Ox Every little part of your soul was made to shine.
Ashley PrzywolskiAshley Przywolski When in truth, it is the transparency that kills you. The pain of seeing through to something you can never quite touch.
Lang LeavLang Leav
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Today I divide my day between being actor, producer and distributor, and the monotony is broken.
Ajay DevgnAjay Devgn I know this glass is already broken, so I enjoy it – incredibly.
Ajahn ChahAjahn Chah Every real poem is the breaking of an existing silence, and the first question we might ask any poem is, What kind of voice is breaking silence, and what kind of silence is being broken?
Adrienne RichAdrienne Rich Sometimes we get our hearts broken, only to have the right person come along to mend them.
Adriana TrigianiAdriana Trigiani Lovers lie around in itBroken glass is found in itGrassI like that stuff.
Adrian MitchellAdrian Mitchell Pastors cannot lead, teach, or preach with anointing and supernatural power without being fully broken and surrendered to the lordship of Christ.
Adrian RogersAdrian Rogers Men throw broken things away, but God never uses anything until he first breaks it.
Adrian RogersAdrian Rogers Crypto will not be broken, it will be bypassed
Adi ShamirAdi Shamir
