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

Alan Paton

I have never thought that a Christian would be free of suffering, umfundisi.
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Christian Free Suffer Thought
There are voices crying what must be done, a hundred, a thousand voices.
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Cry Done Hundred Must Thousand Voice
Let me not be afraid to defend the weak because of the anger of the strong, nor afraid to defend the poor because of the anger of the rich.
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Afraid Anger Defend Let Poor Strong Weak
It was not his habit to dwell on what could have been, but what could never be.
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Been Could Dwell Habit never
But to punish and not to restore, that is the greatest of all offences.
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All Greatest Offence Punish Restore
To give up the task of reforming society is to give up one’s responsibility as a free man.
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Free Give Man Reform Responsibility Society Task
There is a lovely road that runs from Ixopo into the hills.
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Hill Into Lovely Road Run Xopo
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 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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Christian Civilization Compound Fearful Grant Ideal Love Possession Practice Tragic Truth
Such development has only one true name, and that is exploitation.
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As Development Exploit Name Such True
What broke in a man when he could bring himself to kill another?
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Another Broke Could Himself Kill Man
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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Destroy Family Know Life Permissible Us
Happy the eyes that can close
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Close Eye Happy One Liner
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
This is no time to talk of hedges and fields, or the beauties of any country.
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Beauty Country Field Hedge Talk Time
For it is the dawn that has come, as it has come for a thousand centuries, never failing.
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Century Come Dawn Fall never Thousand

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