I have always found that actively loving saves one from a morbid preoccupation with the shortcomings of society.
ALAN PATONBut 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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And whether they do not see him there in the grass, or whether they fear to halt even a moment, but they do not wake him, they let him be.
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Nor give too much of his heart to a mountain or a valley. For fear will rob him if he gives too much.
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Let him not be too moved when the birds of his land are singing.
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But the one thing that has power completely is love, because when a man loves, he seeks no power, and therefore he has power.
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The Afrikaner has nowhere to go, and thats why he would rather destroy himself than capitulate.
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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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The sun pours down on the earth, on the lovely land that man cannot enjoy. He knows only the fear of his heart.
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Money is to make happy the lives of children. Money is for security, and for dreams, and for hopes, and for purposes.
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I have never thought that a Christian would be free of suffering, umfundisi.
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These hills are grass-covered and rolling, and they are lovely beyond any singing of it.
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I couldn’t face that question. (Ah, But Your Land Is Beautiful)
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What broke in a man when he could bring himself to kill another?
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Nosecond Johannesburg isneededuponthe earth.One is enough.
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Such development has only one true name, and that is exploitation.
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For it is the dawn that has come, as it has come for a thousand centuries, never failing.
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