The Afrikaner has nowhere to go, and thats why he would rather destroy himself than capitulate.
ALAN PATONIn the deserted harbour there is yet water that laps against the quays. In the dark and silent forest, there is a leaf that falls.
More Alan Paton Quotes
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What broke in a man when he could bring himself to kill another?
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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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She taught me to seek sustenance from the endeavor itself, but to leave the result to God.
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Forgive us all, for we all have trespasses.
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I have one great fear in my heart, that one day when they are turned to loving, they will find that we are turned to hating.
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Cry, the beloved country, for the unborn child that’s the inheritor of our fear.
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But what do they help if one seeks for counsel, for one cries this, and one cries that, and another cries something that is neither this nor that.
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There is a lovely road that runs from Ixopo into the hills.
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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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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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Cry for the broken tribe, for the law and the custom that is gone. Aye, and cry aloud for the man who is dead, for the woman and children bereaved.
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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 tragedy is that things are not mended again.
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Then some unknown rebellion brewed in you, doing harm to you, though how I do not understand.
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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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