It is not “forgive and forget” as if nothing wrong had ever happened, but “forgive and go forward,
ALAN PATONThe only way in which one can make endurable man’s inhumanity to man.
More Alan Paton Quotes
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The ground is holy, being even as it came from the Creator.
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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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Something deep is touched here, something that is good and deep.
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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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I am a weak and sinful man, but God put His hands on me, that is all.
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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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What broke in a man when he could bring himself to kill another?
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What broke in a man when he could bring himself to kill another?
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But when the dawn will come, of our emancipation, from the fear of bondage and the bondage of fear, why, that is a secret.
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Money is for food and clothes and comfort, and a visit to the pictures. Money is to make happy the lives of children.
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Life has not taught me to expect nothing, but she has taught me not to expect success to be the inevitable result of my endeavors.
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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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Nosecond Johannesburg isneededuponthe earth.One is enough.
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All roads lead to Johannesburg.
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Pain and suffering, they are a secret. Kindness and love, they are a secret.
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