For our Lord suffered. And I come to believe that he suffered, not to save us from suffering, but to teach us how to bear suffering. For he knew that there is no life without suffering.
ALAN PATONThe 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.
More Alan Paton Quotes
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Although nothing has come yet, something is here already.
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It is not “forgive and forget” as if nothing wrong had ever happened, but “forgive and go forward,
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All roads lead to Johannesburg.
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because life slips away, and because I need for the rest of my journey a star that will not play false to me, a compass that will not lie.
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There is not much talking now. A silence falls upon them all.
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Forgive us all, for we all have trespasses.
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Cry, the beloved country, these things are not yet at an end.
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Ask yourself not if this or that is expedient, but if it is right.
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The ground is holy, being even as it came from the Creator.
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Who knows for what we live, and struggle, and die?…
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I couldn’t face that question. (Ah, But Your Land Is Beautiful)
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Sorrow is better than fear.
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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 only one thing that has power completely, and that is love.
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The Afrikaner has nowhere to go, and thats why he would rather destroy himself than capitulate.
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