There is only one way in which one can endure man’s inhumanity to man and that is to try, in one’s own life, to exemplify man’s humanity to man.
ALAN PATONIf you wrote a novel in South Africa which didn’t concern the central issues, it wouldn’t be worth publishing.
More Alan Paton Quotes
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There is only one thing that has power completely, and that is love.
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Happy the eyes that can close
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When the storm threatens, a man is afraid for his house.
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There is not much talking now. A silence falls upon them all.
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I have never thought that a Christian would be free of suffering, umfundisi.
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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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Let me not be afraid to defend the weak because of the anger of the strong, nor afraid to defend the poor because of the anger of the rich.
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There is a lovely road that runs from Ixopo into the hills.
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Nothing is ever quiet, except for fools.
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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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I am a weak and sinful man, but God put His hands on me, that is all.
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Let him not be too moved when the birds of his land are singing.
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For who can stop the heart from breaking?
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The ground is holy, being even as it came from the Creator.
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St. 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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