Wise men write many books, in words too hard to understand. But this, the purpose of our lives, the end of all our struggle, is beyond all human wisdom.
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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She taught me to seek sustenance from the endeavor itself, but to leave the result to God.
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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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Behind the polished panelling the white ant eats away the wood. Nothing is ever quiet, except for fools
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For who can stop the heart from breaking?
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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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Therefore if a law is unjust, and if the Judge judges according to the law, that is justice, even if it is not just.
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Building on the mistakes of the past and the energy generated by reconciliation to create a new future.
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Money is for buying the fruits of the earth, of the land where you were born.
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Although nothing has come yet, something is here already.
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Something deep is touched here, something that is good and deep.
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For our Lord suffered. And I come to believe that he suffered, not to save us from suffering, but to teach us how to bear suffering. For he knew that there is no life without suffering.
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Money is to make happy the lives of children. Money is for security, and for dreams, and for hopes, and for purposes.
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There is a lovely road that runs from Ixopo into the hills.
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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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Let him not be too moved when the birds of his land are singing.
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