I am a weak and sinful man, but God put His hands on me, that is all.
ALAN PATONBut to punish and not to restore, that is the greatest of all offences.
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Money is for food and clothes and comfort, and a visit to the pictures.
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Let him not be too moved when the birds of his land are singing.
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Happy the eyes that can close
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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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I have one great fear in my heart, that one day when they are turned to loving, they will find that we are turned to hating.
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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.
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For who can stop the heart from breaking?
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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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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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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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It is not permissible for us to go on destroying the family life when we know that we are destroying it.
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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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There is a lovely road that runs from Ixopo into the hills.
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When the storm threatens, a man is afraid for his house.
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Ask yourself not if this or that is expedient, but if it is right.
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