She taught me to seek sustenance from the endeavor itself, but to leave the result to God.
ALAN PATONBuilding on the mistakes of the past and the energy generated by reconciliation to create a new future.
More Alan Paton Quotes
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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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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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People hurry home past him, to places safe from danger.
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Fear is a journey,a terrible journey, but sorrow is at least an arrival.
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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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In the deserted harbour there is yet water that laps against the quays. In the dark and silent forest, there is a leaf that falls.
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What broke when he could bring himself to thrust down the knife into the warm flesh, to bring down the axe on the living head, to cleave down between the seeing eyes, to shoot the gun that would drive death into the beating heart?
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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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To give up the task of reforming society is to give up one’s responsibility as a free man.
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Money is for food and clothes and comfort, and a visit to the pictures. Money is to make happy the lives of children.
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This is no time to talk of hedges and fields, or the beauties of any country.
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There is a lovely road that runs from Ixopo into the hills.
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Then some unknown rebellion brewed in you, doing harm to you, though how I do not understand.
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Building on the mistakes of the past and the energy generated by reconciliation to create a new future.
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Happy the eyes that can close
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