When men are ruled by fear, they strive to prevent the very changes that will abate it.
ALAN PATONNothing is ever quiet, except for fools.
More Alan Paton Quotes
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Forgive us all, for we all have trespasses.
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Money is for buying the fruits of the earth, of the land where you were born.
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There is a lovely road that runs from Ixopo into the hills.
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For fear will rob him of all if he gives too much.
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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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Cry, the beloved country, these things are not yet at an end.
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For mines are for men, not for money. And money is not something to go mad about, and throw your hat into the air for.
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It is not “forgive and forget” as if nothing wrong had ever happened, but “forgive and go forward,
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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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For our Lord suffered. And I come to believe that he suffered, not to save us from suffering, but to teach us how to bear suffering. For he knew that there is no life without suffering.
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Sadness and fear and hate, how they well up in the heart and mind, whenever one opens pages of these messengers of doom.
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One thing is about to be finished, but here is something that is only begun. And while I live it will continue
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I have never thought that a Christian would be free of suffering, umfundisi.
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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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The sun pours down on the earth, on the lovely land that man cannot enjoy. He knows only the fear of his heart.
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