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She taught me to seek sustenance from the endeavor itself, but to leave the result to God.

Alan Paton

But to punish and not to restore, that is the greatest of all offences.
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All Greatest Offence Punish Restore
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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Day Fera Great Heart Love One Turn
I am a weak and sinful man, but God put His hands on me, that is all.
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All God Hand His Man Sinful Well
Who knows for what we live, and struggle, and die?…
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Die Know Live Struggle
It is my belief that the only power which can resist the power of fear is the power of love.
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Belief Fear Love Only Power Resist
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.
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Destruction Environment Exemplify Humanity Live Man Own Place Reverence
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.
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Afraid Anger Defend Let Poor Strong Weak
I envision someday a great, peaceful South Africa in which the world will take pride, a nation in which each of many different groups will be making its own creative contribution.
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Country Envision Great Peaceful Pride Someday Soulful Tak World
When the storm threatens, a man is afraid for his house.
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Afraid House Man Storm Threaten
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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Completely Love Man One Power Thing Wise
For fear will rob him of all if he gives too much.
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Fear Give Much Rob Too
But sorrow is better than fear. For fear impoverishes always, while sorrow may enrich.
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Always Better Enrich Fear Impoversih Sorrow
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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Care Destroy Guard Jeep Men
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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Book Hard Human Many Struggle Understand Wisdom Write
And were your back as broad as heaven, and your purse full of gold, and did your compassion reach from here to hell itself, there is nothing you can do.
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Back Broad Compassion Full Gold Heaven Nothing Purse Reach
The ground is holy, being even as it came from the Creator.
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Being Came Creator Ground Holy

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