The tragedy is not that things are broken.
ALAN PATONNosecond Johannesburg isneededuponthe earth.One is enough.
More Alan Paton Quotes
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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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In 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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I am a weak and sinful man, but God put His hands on me, that is all.
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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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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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And money is not something to go mad about …
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Pain and suffering, they are a secret. Kindness and love, they are a secret.
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Fear is a journey,a terrible journey, but sorrow is at least an arrival.
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People hurry home past him, to places safe from danger.
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Something deep is touched here, something that is good and deep.
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But the one thing that has power completely is love, because when a man loves, he seeks no power, and therefore he has power.
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Money is for buying the fruits of the earth, of the land where you were born.
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Let him not be too moved when the birds of his land are singing.
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There is a lovely road that runs from Ixopo into the hills.
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Sorrow is better than fear.
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