People hurry home past him, to places safe from danger.
ALAN PATONLet him not be too moved when the birds of his land are singing.
More Alan Paton Quotes
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There is only one thing that has power completely, and that is love.
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And money is not something to go mad about …
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What broke in a man when he could bring himself to kill another?
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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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There is a lovely road that runs from Ixopo into the hills.
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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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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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Keep it, guard it, care for it, for it keeps men, guards men, cares for men. Destroy it and man is destroyed.
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For it is the dawn that has come, as it has come for a thousand centuries, never failing.
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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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Pain and suffering, they are a secret. Kindness and love, they are a secret.
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Cry, the beloved country, for the unborn child that’s the inheritor of our fear.
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These hills are grass-covered and rolling, and they are lovely beyond any singing of it.
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But sorrow is better than fear. For fear impoverishes always, while sorrow may enrich.
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Let me not be afraid to defend the weak because of the anger of the strong, nor afraid to defend the poor because of the anger of the rich.
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