There are voices crying what must be done, a hundred, a thousand voices.
ALAN PATONNor give too much of his heart to a mountain or a valley. For fear will rob him if he gives too much.
More Alan Paton Quotes
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Although nothing has come yet, something is here already.
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But I have learned that kindness and love can pay for pain and suffering.
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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.
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But to punish and not to restore, that is the greatest of all offences.
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Such lightening and thunder will come there has never been seen before, bringing death and destruction.
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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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There is only one thing that has power completely, and that is love.
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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 am a weak and sinful man, but God put His hands on me, that is all.
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But sorrow is better than fear. For fear impoverishes always, while sorrow may enrich.
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Building on the mistakes of the past and the energy generated by reconciliation to create a new future.
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Pain and suffering, they are a secret. Kindness and love, they are a secret.
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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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But perhaps when you were too obedient, and did not do openly what others did, and were quiet in church and hard-working at school.
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Let him not be too moved when the birds of his land are singing.
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