I am a weak and sinful man, but God put His hands on me, that is all.
ALAN PATONAnd 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.
More Alan Paton Quotes
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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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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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The tragedy is not that things are broken.
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Money is for food and clothes and comfort, and a visit to the pictures.
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I couldn’t face that question. (Ah, But Your Land Is Beautiful)
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If you wrote a novel in South Africa which didn’t concern the central issues, it wouldn’t be worth publishing.
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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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Behind the polished panelling the white ant eats away the wood. Nothing is ever quiet, except for fools
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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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Nosecond Johannesburg isneededuponthe earth.One is enough.
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Building on the mistakes of the past and the energy generated by reconciliation to create a new future.
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The ground is holy, being even as it came from the Creator.
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All roads lead to Johannesburg.
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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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People hurry home past him, to places safe from danger.
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