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But sorrow is better than fear. For fear impoverishes always, while sorrow may enrich.

Alan Paton

When the storm threatens, a man is afraid for his house.
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Afraid House Man Storm Threaten
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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Air Hat Mad Men Mine Money Something Throw
Such development has only one true name, and that is exploitation.
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As Development Exploit Name Such True
What broke when he could bring himself to thrust down the knife into the warm flesh, to bring down the axe on the living head, to cleave down between the seeing eyes, to shoot the gun that would drive death into the beating heart?
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Beat Broke Death Down Flesh Heart Knife Living Thrust
Let him not be too moved when the birds of his land are singing.
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Bird Land Move Sing
St. Francis of Assisi taught me that there is a wound in the Creation and that the greatest use we could make of our lives was to ask to be made a healer of it.
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Country Creation Great Healer Make Taught Use Wound
Something deep is touched here, something that is good and deep.
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Deep Good Here Something Touch
When a deep injury is done us, we never recover until we forgive.
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Dep Done Forgive Injury Recover Until
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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Against Deserted Forest Harbour Lap Quay Silent Tap
Money is for food and clothes and comfort, and a visit to the pictures. Money is to make happy the lives of children.
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Children Clothes Food Happy Love Money Picture
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.
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Book Hard Human Many Struggle Understand Wisdom Write
It is not permissible to add to one’s possesions if these things can only be done at the cost of other men.
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Cost Done Men One Other Permissible Possession These Thing
For who can stop the heart from breaking?
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Break Heart Stop
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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Believe Come Knew Lord Our Suffer
The only way in which one can make endurable man’s inhumanity to man.
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Endurable Inhumanity Make Man Only Way
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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Deep Earth FIner Fire Let Love Make Sun Through

But sorrow is better than fear. For fear impoverishes always, while sorrow may enrich.

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