The ground is holy, being even as it came from the Creator.
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More Alan Paton Quotes
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Then some unknown rebellion brewed in you, doing harm to you, though how I do not understand.
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But perhaps when you were too obedient, and did not do openly what others did, and were quiet in church and hard-working at school.
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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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There is not much talking now. A silence falls upon them all.
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For mines are for men, not for money. And money is not something to go mad about, and throw your hat into the air for.
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Sorrow is better than fear.
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Let him not love the earth too deeply. Let him not laugh too gladly when the water runs through his fingers, nor stand too silent when the setting sun makes red the veld with fire.
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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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What broke in a man when he could bring himself to kill another?
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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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But sorrow is better than fear. For fear impoverishes always, while sorrow may enrich.
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I have never thought that a Christian would be free of suffering, umfundisi.
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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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Let him not be too moved when the birds of his land are singing.
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The tragedy is not that things are broken.
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