When a deep injury is done us, we never recover until we forgive.
ALAN PATONSt. 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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For fear will rob him of all if he gives too much.
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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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Behind the polished panelling the white ant eats away the wood. Nothing is ever quiet, except for fools
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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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The Afrikaner has nowhere to go, and thats why he would rather destroy himself than capitulate.
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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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Fear is a journey,a terrible journey, but sorrow is at least an arrival.
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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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Such lightening and thunder will come there has never been seen before, bringing death and destruction.
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It is not permissible to add to one’s possesions if these things can only be done at the cost of other men.
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Cry for the broken tribe, for the law and the custom that is gone. Aye, and cry aloud for the man who is dead, for the woman and children bereaved.
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And money is not something to go mad about …
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There is a lovely road that runs from Ixopo into the hills.
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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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