She taught me to seek sustenance from the endeavor itself, but to leave the result to God.
ALAN PATONKeep it, guard it, care for it, for it keeps men, guards men, cares for men. Destroy it and man is destroyed.
More Alan Paton Quotes
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In the deserted harbour there is yet water that laps against the quays. In the dark and silent forest, there is a leaf that falls.
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Cry, the beloved country, for the unborn child that’s the inheritor of our fear.
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Such development has only one true name, and that is exploitation.
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Such lightening and thunder will come there has never been seen before, bringing death and destruction.
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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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These hills are grass-covered and rolling, and they are lovely beyond any singing of it.
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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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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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When a deep injury is done us, we never recover until we forgive.
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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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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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Money is for buying the fruits of the earth, of the land where you were born.
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Cry, the beloved country, for the unborn child that is the inheritor of our fear. Let him not love the earth too deeply… For fear will rob him of all if he gives too much.
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We do not work for men. We work for the land and the people. We do not even work for money.
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The tragedy is not that things are broken.
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