For fear will rob him of all if he gives too much.
ALAN PATONAll roads lead to Johannesburg.
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The tragedy is not that things are broken.
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It is my belief that the only power which can resist the power of fear is the power of love.
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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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But I have learned that kindness and love can pay for pain and suffering.
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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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To give up the task of reforming society is to give up one’s responsibility as a free man.
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Then some unknown rebellion brewed in you, doing harm to you, though how I do not understand.
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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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It was not his habit to dwell on what could have been, but what could never be.
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We do not work for men. We work for the land and the people. We do not even work for money.
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I have always found that actively loving saves one from a morbid preoccupation with the shortcomings of society.
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All roads lead to Johannesburg.
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It is not permissible for us to go on destroying the family life when we know that we are destroying it.
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Money is to make happy the lives of children. Money is for security, and for dreams, and for hopes, and for purposes.
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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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