There is a lovely road that runs from Ixopo into the hills.
ALAN PATONFor who can stop the heart from breaking?
More Alan Paton Quotes
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Now God be thanked that the name of a hill is such music, that the name of a river can heal.
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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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Pain and suffering, they are a secret. Kindness and love, they are a secret.
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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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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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There is not much talking now. A silence falls upon them all.
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One day in Johannesburg, and already the tribe was being rebuilt, the house and soul being restored.
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The only way in which one can make endurable man’s inhumanity to man.
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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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The tragedy is not that things are broken.
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Happy the eyes that can close
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Behind the polished panelling the white ant eats away the wood. Nothing is ever quiet, except for fools
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There is a man sleeping in the grass. And over him is gathering the greatest storm of all his days.
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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 sorrow is better than fear. For fear impoverishes always, while sorrow may enrich.
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