Happy the eyes that can close
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.
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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 “forgive and forget” as if nothing wrong had ever happened, but “forgive and go forward,
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Life has not taught me to expect nothing, but she has taught me not to expect success to be the inevitable result of my endeavors.
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Nothing is ever quiet, except for fools.
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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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There is a lovely road that runs from Ixopo into the hills.
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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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The tragedy is that things are not mended again.
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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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To give up the task of reforming society is to give up one’s responsibility as a free man.
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Money is for buying the fruits of the earth, of the land where you were born.
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What broke in a man when he could bring himself to kill another?
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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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Such development has only one true name, and that is exploitation.
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Let him not be too moved when the birds of his land are singing.
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