Ask yourself not if this or that is expedient, but if it is right.
ALAN PATONThis is no time to talk of hedges and fields, or the beauties of any country.
More Alan Paton Quotes
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Let him not be too moved when the birds of his land are singing.
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The tragedy is that things are not mended again.
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For fear will rob him of all if he gives too much.
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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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Building on the mistakes of the past and the energy generated by reconciliation to create a new future.
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These hills are grass-covered and rolling, and they are lovely beyond any singing of it.
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What broke in a man when he could bring himself to kill another?
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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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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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Happy the eyes that can close
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All roads lead to Johannesburg.
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This is no time to talk of hedges and fields, or the beauties of any country.
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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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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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Sorrow is better than fear.
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