There is a lovely road that runs from Ixopo into the hills.
ALAN PATONBehind the polished panelling the white ant eats away the wood. Nothing is ever quiet, except for fools
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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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Pain and suffering, they are a secret. Kindness and love, they are a secret.
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It is my belief that the only power which can resist the power of fear is the power of love.
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It is not permissible for us to go on destroying the family life when we know that we are destroying it.
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Money is for food and clothes and comfort, and a visit to the pictures.
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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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The ground is holy, being even as it came from the Creator.
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It was not his habit to dwell on what could have been, but what could never be.
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There is a lovely road that runs from Ixopo into the hills.
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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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These hills are grass-covered and rolling, and they are lovely beyond any singing of it.
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There is only one thing that has power completely, and that is love.
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Keep it, guard it, care for it, for it keeps men, guards men, cares for men. Destroy it and man is destroyed.
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The tragedy is that things are not mended again.
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Nosecond Johannesburg isneededuponthe earth.One is enough.
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