It was not his habit to dwell on what could have been, but what could never be.
ALAN PATONThe tragedy is that things are not mended again.
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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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Such development has only one true name, and that is exploitation.
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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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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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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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because life slips away, and because I need for the rest of my journey a star that will not play false to me, a compass that will not lie.
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All roads lead to Johannesburg.
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I couldn’t face that question. (Ah, But Your Land Is Beautiful)
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To give up the task of reforming society is to give up one’s responsibility as a free man.
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I have never thought that a Christian would be free of suffering, umfundisi.
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But when the dawn will come, of our emancipation, from the fear of bondage and the bondage of fear, why, that is a secret.
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The tragedy is not that things are broken.
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Fear is a journey,a terrible journey, but sorrow is at least an arrival.
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This is no time to talk of hedges and fields, or the beauties of any country.
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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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