Building on the mistakes of the past and the energy generated by reconciliation to create a new future.
ALAN PATONForgive us all, for we all have trespasses.
More Alan Paton Quotes
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Nosecond Johannesburg isneededuponthe earth.One is enough.
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What broke in a man when he could bring himself to kill another?
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But when the dawn will come, of our emancipation, from the fear of bondage and the bondage of fear, why, that is a secret.
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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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Wise men write many books, in words too hard to understand. But this, the purpose of our lives, the end of all our struggle, is beyond all human wisdom.
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Who knows for what we live, and struggle, and die?…
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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 couldn’t face that question. (Ah, But Your Land Is Beautiful)
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The only way in which one can make endurable man’s inhumanity to man.
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All roads lead to Johannesburg.
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Fear is a journey,a terrible journey, but sorrow is at least an arrival.
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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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For it is the dawn that has come, as it has come for a thousand centuries, never failing.
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Life has not taught me to expect nothing, but she has taught me not to expect success to be the inevitable result of my endeavors.
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People hurry home past him, to places safe from danger.
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