But when the dawn will come, of our emancipation, from the fear of bondage and the bondage of fear, why, that is a secret.
ALAN PATONI couldn’t face that question. (Ah, But Your Land Is Beautiful)
More Alan Paton Quotes
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And money is not something to go mad about …
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Sorrow is better than fear.
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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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Therefore if a law is unjust, and if the Judge judges according to the law, that is justice, even if it is not just.
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But the one thing that has power completely is love, because when a man loves, he seeks no power, and therefore he has power.
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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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The Judge does not make the law. It is people that make the law.
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But when the house is destroyed, there is something to do. About a storm he can do nothing, but he can rebuild a house.
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There is a lovely road that runs from Ixopo into the hills.
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There is a lovely road that runs from Ixopo into the hills.
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Life has not taught me to expect nothing, but she has taught me not to expect success to be the inevitable result of my endeavors.
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Cry, the beloved country, for the unborn child that’s the inheritor of our fear.
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For who can stop the heart from breaking?
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Ask yourself not if this or that is expedient, but if it is right.
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All roads lead to Johannesburg.
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