She taught me to seek sustenance from the endeavor itself, but to leave the result to God.
ALAN PATONMoney is to make happy the lives of children. Money is for security, and for dreams, and for hopes, and for purposes.
More Alan Paton Quotes
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Happy the eyes that can close
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Nor give too much of his heart to a mountain or a valley. For fear will rob him if he gives too much.
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Behind the polished panelling the white ant eats away the wood. Nothing is ever quiet, except for fools
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But to punish and not to restore, that is the greatest of all offences.
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When the storm threatens, a man is afraid for his house.
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There is a lovely road that runs from Ixopo into the hills.
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Pain and suffering, they are a secret. Kindness and love, they are a secret.
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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.
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There is only one thing that has power completely, and that is love.
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When men are ruled by fear, they strive to prevent the very changes that will abate it.
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The truth is, our civilization is not Christian; it is a tragic compound of great ideal and fearful practice, of loving charity and fearful clutching of possessions.
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The tragedy is not that things are broken.
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There is not much talking now. A silence falls upon them all.
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To give up the task of reforming society is to give up one’s responsibility as a free man.
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But I have learned that kindness and love can pay for pain and suffering.
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