Pain and suffering, they are a secret. Kindness and love, they are a secret.
ALAN PATONSomething deep is touched here, something that is good and deep.
More Alan Paton Quotes
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And whether they do not see him there in the grass, or whether they fear to halt even a moment, but they do not wake him, they let him be.
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There is not much talking now. A silence falls upon them all.
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There is a man sleeping in the grass. And over him is gathering the greatest storm of all his days.
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Sorrow is better than fear.
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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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Cry, the beloved country, for the unborn child that’s the inheritor of our fear.
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The tragedy is not that things are broken.
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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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Money is to make happy the lives of children. Money is for security, and for dreams, and for hopes, and for purposes.
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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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I have never thought that a Christian would be free of suffering, umfundisi.
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Cry, the beloved country, these things are not yet at an end.
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Cry, the beloved country, for the unborn child that is the inheritor of our fear. Let him not love the earth too deeply… For fear will rob him of all if he gives too much.
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There is a lovely road that runs from Ixopo into the hills.
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I have always found that actively loving saves one from a morbid preoccupation with the shortcomings of society.
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