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 PATONCry, the beloved country, these things are not yet at an end.
More Alan Paton Quotes
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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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There is not much talking now. A silence falls upon them all.
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Money is for buying the fruits of the earth, of the land where you were born.
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Ask yourself not if this or that is expedient, but if it is right.
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If you wrote a novel in South Africa which didn’t concern the central issues, it wouldn’t be worth publishing.
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Let him not be too moved when the birds of his land are singing.
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People hurry home past him, to places safe from danger.
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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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The only way in which one can make endurable man’s inhumanity to man.
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When men are ruled by fear, they strive to prevent the very changes that will abate it.
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One day in Johannesburg, and already the tribe was being rebuilt, the house and soul being restored.
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There are voices crying what must be done, a hundred, a thousand voices.
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But sorrow is better than fear. For fear impoverishes always, while sorrow may enrich.
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These hills are grass-covered and rolling, and they are lovely beyond any singing of it.
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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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