The truth is, our civilization is not Christian; it is a tragic compound of great ideal and fearful practice, of loving charity and fearful clutching of possessions.
ALAN PATONShe taught me to seek sustenance from the endeavor itself, but to leave the result to God.
More Alan Paton Quotes
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For who can stop the heart from breaking?
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Although nothing has come yet, something is here already.
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But 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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But to punish and not to restore, that is the greatest of all offences.
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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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Behind the polished panelling the white ant eats away the wood. Nothing is ever quiet, except for fools
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St. Francis of Assisi taught me that there is a wound in the Creation and that the greatest use we could make of our lives was to ask to be made a healer of it.
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This is no time to talk of hedges and fields, or the beauties of any country.
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The ground is holy, being even as it came from the Creator.
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Who knows for what we live, and struggle, and die?…
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There is a man sleeping in the grass. And over him is gathering the greatest storm of all his days.
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All roads lead to Johannesburg.
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There is not much talking now. A silence falls upon them all.
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Sorrow is better than fear. Fear is a journey, a terrible journey. But, sorrow is at least an arriving.
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People hurry home past him, to places safe from danger.
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