I am a weak and sinful man, but God put His hands on me, that is all.
ALAN PATONFor 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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Keep it, guard it, care for it, for it keeps men, guards men, cares for men. Destroy it and man is destroyed.
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What broke in a man when he could bring himself to kill another?
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Nosecond Johannesburg isneededuponthe earth.One is enough.
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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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One day in Johannesburg, and already the tribe was being rebuilt, the house and soul being restored.
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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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There is a lovely road that runs from Ixopo into the hills.
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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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I couldn’t face that question. (Ah, But Your Land Is Beautiful)
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The only way in which one can make endurable man’s inhumanity to man.
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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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It is my belief that the only power which can resist the power of fear is the power of love.
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For it is the dawn that has come, as it has come for a thousand centuries, never failing.
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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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Ask yourself not if this or that is expedient, but if it is right.
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