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.
ALAN PATONMoney is for buying the fruits of the earth, of the land where you were born.
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The ground is holy, being even as it came from the Creator.
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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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What broke in a man when he could bring himself to kill another?
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But the one thing that has power completely is love, because when a man loves, he seeks no power, and therefore he has power.
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Nothing is ever quiet, except for fools.
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Fear is a journey,a terrible journey, but sorrow is at least an arrival.
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These hills are grass-covered and rolling, and they are lovely beyond any singing of it.
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I envision someday a great, peaceful South Africa in which the world will take pride, a nation in which each of many different groups will be making its own creative contribution.
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Money is for food and clothes and comfort, and a visit to the pictures.
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Cry, the beloved country, these things are not yet at an end.
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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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Building on the mistakes of the past and the energy generated by reconciliation to create a new future.
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It is not “forgive and forget” as if nothing wrong had ever happened, but “forgive and go forward,
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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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What broke in a man when he could bring himself to kill another?
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