The tragedy is not that things are broken.
ALAN PATONBut when the dawn will come, of our emancipation, from the fear of bondage and the bondage of fear, why, that is a secret.
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Money is for buying the fruits of the earth, of the land where you were born.
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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.
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The ground is holy, being even as it came from the Creator.
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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.
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When a deep injury is done us, we never recover until we forgive.
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But 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.
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Happy the eyes that can close
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Keep it, guard it, care for it, for it keeps men, guards men, cares for men. Destroy it and man is destroyed.
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I have never thought that a Christian would be free of suffering, umfundisi.
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For fear will rob him of all if he gives too much.
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I am a weak and sinful man, but God put His hands on me, that is all.
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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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Cry, the beloved country, for the unborn child that’s the inheritor of our fear.
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One thing is about to be finished, but here is something that is only begun. And while I live it will continue
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To give up the task of reforming society is to give up one’s responsibility as a free man.
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