And were your back as broad as heaven, and your purse full of gold, and did your compassion reach from here to hell itself, there is nothing you can do.
ALAN PATONNothing is ever quiet, except for fools.
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But I have learned that kindness and love can pay for pain and suffering.
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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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There are voices crying what must be done, a hundred, a thousand voices.
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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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All roads lead to Johannesburg.
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People hurry home past him, to places safe from danger.
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But sorrow is better than fear. For fear impoverishes always, while sorrow may enrich.
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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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Building on the mistakes of the past and the energy generated by reconciliation to create a new future.
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The tragedy is not that things are broken.
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Sorrow is better than fear. Fear is a journey, a terrible journey. But, sorrow is at least an arriving.
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There is only one thing that has power completely, and that is love.
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What broke in a man when he could bring himself to kill another?
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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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The tragedy is that things are not mended again.
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