Who knows for what we live, and struggle, and die?…
ALAN PATONBut perhaps when you were too obedient, and did not do openly what others did, and were quiet in church and hard-working at school.
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It is my belief that the only power which can resist the power of fear is the power of love.
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What broke in a man when he could bring himself to kill another?
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I have always found that actively loving saves one from a morbid preoccupation with the shortcomings of society.
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The tragedy is that things are not mended again.
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There is only one thing that has power completely, and that is love.
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We do not work for men. We work for the land and the people. We do not even work for money.
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Let him not be too moved when the birds of his land are singing.
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Such lightening and thunder will come there has never been seen before, bringing death and destruction.
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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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The ground is holy, being even as it came from the Creator.
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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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The Judge does not make the law. It is people that make the law.
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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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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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