All roads lead to Johannesburg.
ALAN PATONAnd whether they do not see him there in the grass, or whether they fear to halt even a moment, but they do not wake him, they let him be.
More Alan Paton Quotes
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The Afrikaner has nowhere to go, and thats why he would rather destroy himself than capitulate.
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If you wrote a novel in South Africa which didn’t concern the central issues, it wouldn’t be worth publishing.
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Cry, the beloved country, for the unborn child that’s the inheritor of our fear.
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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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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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One thing is about to be finished, but here is something that is only begun. And while I live it will continue
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But sorrow is better than fear. For fear impoverishes always, while sorrow may enrich.
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The ground is holy, being even as it came from the Creator.
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Nosecond Johannesburg isneededuponthe earth.One is enough.
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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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I am a weak and sinful man, but God put His hands on me, that is all.
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Keep it, guard it, care for it, for it keeps men, guards men, cares for men. Destroy it and man is destroyed.
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When the storm threatens, a man is afraid for his house.
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Ask yourself not if this or that is expedient, but if it is right.
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Money is to make happy the lives of children. Money is for security, and for dreams, and for hopes, and for purposes.
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