The Judge does not make the law. It is people that make the law.
ALAN PATONWhen I go up there, which is my intention, the Big Judge will say to me, Where are your wounds? and if I say I haven’t any, he will say, Was there nothing to fight for?
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Money is for buying the fruits of the earth, of the land where you were born.
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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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But to punish and not to restore, that is the greatest of all offences.
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The truth is, our civilization is not Christian; it is a tragic compound of great ideal and fearful practice, of loving charity and fearful clutching of possessions.
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There are voices crying what must be done, a hundred, a thousand voices.
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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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I have always found that actively loving saves one from a morbid preoccupation with the shortcomings of society.
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Happy the eyes that can close
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And money is not something to go mad about …
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I have one great fear in my heart, that one day when they are turned to loving, they will find that we are turned to hating.
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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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Cry for the broken tribe, for the law and the custom that is gone. Aye, and cry aloud for the man who is dead, for the woman and children bereaved.
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When I go up there, which is my intention, the Big Judge will say to me, Where are your wounds? and if I say I haven’t any, he will say, Was there nothing to fight for?
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When the storm threatens, a man is afraid for his house.
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Forgive us all, for we all have trespasses.
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