Let him not be too moved when the birds of his land are singing.
ALAN PATONFor it is the dawn that has come, as it has come for a thousand centuries, never failing.
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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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The sun pours down on the earth, on the lovely land that man cannot enjoy. He knows only the fear of his heart.
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Pain and suffering, they are a secret. Kindness and love, they are a secret.
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It was not his habit to dwell on what could have been, but what could never be.
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There is only one thing that has power completely, and that is love.
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What broke in a man when he could bring himself to kill another?
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Forgive us all, for we all have trespasses.
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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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Ask yourself not if this or that is expedient, but if it is right.
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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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Sorrow is better than fear.
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Cry for the broken tribe, for the law and the custom that is gone. Aye, and cry aloud for the man who is dead, for the woman and children bereaved.
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The Judge does not make the law. It is people that make the law.
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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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When a deep injury is done us, we never recover until we forgive.
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