What broke in a man when he could bring himself to kill another?
ALAN PATONWhat broke in a man when he could bring himself to kill another?
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But I have learned that kindness and love can pay for pain and suffering.
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Cry, the beloved country, these things are not yet at an end.
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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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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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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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For who can stop the heart from breaking?
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But when the dawn will come, of our emancipation, from the fear of bondage and the bondage of fear, why, that is a secret.
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There are voices crying what must be done, a hundred, a thousand voices.
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It is not permissible for us to go on destroying the family life when we know that we are destroying it.
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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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For fear will rob him of all if he gives too much.
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Forgive us all, for we all have trespasses.
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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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To give up the task of reforming society is to give up one’s responsibility as a free man.
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It is my belief that the only power which can resist the power of fear is the power of love.
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