But to punish and not to restore, that is the greatest of all offences.
ALAN PATONAnd man’s destruction of his own environment, is to exemplify in your own lives man’s humanity to man and man’s reverence for the place in which he lives.
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Pain and suffering, they are a secret. Kindness and love, they are a secret.
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Who knows for what we live, and struggle, and die?…
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Cry, the beloved country, for the unborn child that’s the inheritor of our fear.
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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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For fear will rob him of all if he gives too much.
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I have never thought that a Christian would be free of suffering, umfundisi.
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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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The Afrikaner has nowhere to go, and thats why he would rather destroy himself than capitulate.
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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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What broke in a man when he could bring himself to kill another?
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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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I couldn’t face that question. (Ah, But Your Land Is Beautiful)
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And money is not something to go mad about …
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The ground is holy, being even as it came from the Creator.
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What broke in a man when he could bring himself to kill another?
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