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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.

Alan Paton

I am a weak and sinful man, but God put His hands on me, that is all.
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All God Hand His Man Sinful Well
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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Care Destroy Guard Jeep Men
What broke in a man when he could bring himself to kill another?
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Another Broke Could Himself Kill Man
Nosecond Johannesburg isneededuponthe earth.One is enough.
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Enough No One People Second
Sorrow is better than fear. Fear is a journey, a terrible journey. But, sorrow is at least an arriving.
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Better Fear Sorrow
One day in Johannesburg, and already the tribe was being rebuilt, the house and soul being restored.
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Already Being Day One People Rebuilt Tribe
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.
ALAN PATON

Believe Come Knew Lord Our Suffer
There is a lovely road that runs from Ixopo into the hills.
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Hill Into Lovely Road Run Xopo
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
I couldn’t face that question. (Ah, But Your Land Is Beautiful)
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Beautiful Face Land Question
The only way in which one can make endurable man’s inhumanity to man.
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Endurable Inhumanity Make Man Only Way
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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Day Fera Great Heart Love One Turn
It is my belief that the only power which can resist the power of fear is the power of love.
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Belief Fear Love Only Power Resist
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
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
Ask yourself not if this or that is expedient, but if it is right.
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Ask Expedient Right Yourself

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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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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