Pain and suffering, they are a secret. Kindness and love, they are a secret.
ALAN PATONThere is not much talking now. A silence falls upon them all.
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When the storm threatens, a man is afraid for his house.
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There is only one thing that has power completely, and that is love.
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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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Sorrow is better than fear.
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Cry, the beloved country, these things are not yet at an end.
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Let him not be too moved when the birds of his land are singing.
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Nosecond Johannesburg isneededuponthe earth.One is enough.
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Happy the eyes that can close
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And money is not something to go mad about …
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For it is the dawn that has come, as it has come for a thousand centuries, never failing.
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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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There are voices crying what must be done, a hundred, a thousand voices.
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When men are ruled by fear, they strive to prevent the very changes that will abate it.
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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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Cry, the beloved country, for the unborn child that’s the inheritor of our fear.
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