Happy the eyes that can close
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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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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Cry, the beloved country, these things are not yet at an end.
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Nor give too much of his heart to a mountain or a valley. For fear will rob him if he gives too much.
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Let him not love the earth too deeply. Let him not laugh too gladly when the water runs through his fingers, nor stand too silent when the setting sun makes red the veld with fire.
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She taught me to seek sustenance from the endeavor itself, but to leave the result to God.
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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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Sorrow is better than fear. Fear is a journey, a terrible journey. But, sorrow is at least an arriving.
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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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Pain and suffering, they are a secret. Kindness and love, they are a secret.
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The only way in which one can make endurable man’s inhumanity to man.
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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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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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There are voices crying what must be done, a hundred, a thousand voices.
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The Afrikaner has nowhere to go, and thats why he would rather destroy himself than capitulate.
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There is only one thing that has power completely, and that is love.
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