Let him not be too moved when the birds of his land are singing.
ALAN PATONSuch lightening and thunder will come there has never been seen before, bringing death and destruction.
More Alan Paton Quotes
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Who knows for what we live, and struggle, and die?…
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Now God be thanked that the name of a hill is such music, that the name of a river can heal.
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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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It is not “forgive and forget” as if nothing wrong had ever happened, but “forgive and go forward,
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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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When a deep injury is done us, we never recover until we forgive.
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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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Fear is a journey,a terrible journey, but sorrow is at least an arrival.
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When I go up there, which is my intention, the Big Judge will say to me, Where are your wounds? and if I say I haven’t any, he will say, Was there nothing to fight for?
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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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Nor give too much of his heart to a mountain or a valley. For fear will rob him if he gives too much.
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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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What broke in a man when he could bring himself to kill another?
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Happy the eyes that can close
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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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