I am a weak and sinful man, but God put His hands on me, that is all.
ALAN PATONWhen a deep injury is done us, we never recover until we forgive.
More Alan Paton Quotes
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I couldn’t face that question. (Ah, But Your Land Is Beautiful)
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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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Behind the polished panelling the white ant eats away the wood. Nothing is ever quiet, except for fools
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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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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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For it is the dawn that has come, as it has come for a thousand centuries, never failing.
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When men are ruled by fear, they strive to prevent the very changes that will abate it.
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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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It was not his habit to dwell on what could have been, but what could never be.
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Sorrow is better than fear. Fear is a journey, a terrible journey. But, sorrow is at least an arriving.
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People hurry home past him, to places safe from danger.
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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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I have always found that actively loving saves one from a morbid preoccupation with the shortcomings of society.
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Fear is a journey,a terrible journey, but sorrow is at least an arrival.
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