For mines are for men, not for money. And money is not something to go mad about, and throw your hat into the air for.
ALAN PATONOne day in Johannesburg, and already the tribe was being rebuilt, the house and soul being restored.
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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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Sorrow is better than fear. Fear is a journey, a terrible journey. But, sorrow is at least an arriving.
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Who knows for what we live, and struggle, and die?…
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The only way in which one can make endurable man’s inhumanity to man.
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Such development has only one true name, and that is exploitation.
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When a deep injury is done us, we never recover until we forgive.
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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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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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I have never thought that a Christian would be free of suffering, umfundisi.
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And were your back as broad as heaven, and your purse full of gold, and did your compassion reach from here to hell itself, there is nothing you can do.
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People hurry home past him, to places safe from danger.
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Money is for food and clothes and comfort, and a visit to the pictures.
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One day in Johannesburg, and already the tribe was being rebuilt, the house and soul being restored.
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I couldn’t face that question. (Ah, But Your Land Is Beautiful)
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