To give up the task of reforming society is to give up one’s responsibility as a free man.
ALAN PATONThe 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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Cry, the beloved country, these things are not yet at an end.
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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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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.
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I couldn’t face that question. (Ah, But Your Land Is Beautiful)
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I have never thought that a Christian would be free of suffering, umfundisi.
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Something deep is touched here, something that is good and deep.
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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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Therefore if a law is unjust, and if the Judge judges according to the law, that is justice, even if it is not just.
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If you wrote a novel in South Africa which didn’t concern the central issues, it wouldn’t be worth publishing.
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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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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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Money is for buying the fruits of the earth, of the land where you were born.
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People hurry home past him, to places safe from danger.
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