But when the house is destroyed, there is something to do. About a storm he can do nothing, but he can rebuild a house.
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.
More Alan Paton Quotes
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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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Let him not be too moved when the birds of his land are singing.
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Pain and suffering, they are a secret. Kindness and love, they are a secret.
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Nothing is ever quiet, except for fools.
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I have one great fear in my heart, that one day when they are turned to loving, they will find that we are turned to hating.
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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.
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And money is not something to go mad about …
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But sorrow is better than fear. For fear impoverishes always, while sorrow may enrich.
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For who can stop the heart from breaking?
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There is a lovely road that runs from Ixopo into the hills.
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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.
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There is only one way in which one can endure man’s inhumanity to man and that is to try, in one’s own life, to exemplify man’s humanity to man.
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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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I have never thought that a Christian would be free of suffering, umfundisi.
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Nosecond Johannesburg isneededuponthe earth.One is enough.
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