She taught me to seek sustenance from the endeavor itself, but to leave the result to God.
ALAN PATONBehind the polished panelling the white ant eats away the wood. Nothing is ever quiet, except for fools
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And whether they do not see him there in the grass, or whether they fear to halt even a moment, but they do not wake him, they let him be.
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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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The Afrikaner has nowhere to go, and thats why he would rather destroy himself than capitulate.
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Sorrow is better than fear.
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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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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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Although nothing has come yet, something is here already.
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For fear will rob him of all if he gives too much.
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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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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.
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Money is for food and clothes and comfort, and a visit to the pictures.
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I envision someday a great, peaceful South Africa in which the world will take pride, a nation in which each of many different groups will be making its own creative contribution.
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Pain and suffering, they are a secret. Kindness and love, they are a secret.
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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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