And whether they do not see him there in the grass, or whether they fear to halt even a moment, but they do not wake him, they let him be.
ALAN PATONWise 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.
More Alan Paton Quotes
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There is a lovely road that runs from Ixopo into the hills.
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When a deep injury is done us, we never recover until we forgive.
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There is only one thing that has power completely, and that is love.
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Money is to make happy the lives of children. Money is for security, and for dreams, and for hopes, and for purposes.
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But sorrow is better than fear. For fear impoverishes always, while sorrow may enrich.
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Life has not taught me to expect nothing, but she has taught me not to expect success to be the inevitable result of my endeavors.
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All roads lead to Johannesburg.
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Fear is a journey,a terrible journey, but sorrow is at least an arrival.
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And money is not something to go mad about …
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Money is for food and clothes and comfort, and a visit to the pictures.
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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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We do not work for men. We work for the land and the people. We do not even work for money.
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She taught me to seek sustenance from the endeavor itself, but to leave the result to God.
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Nothing is ever quiet, except for fools.
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And man’s destruction of his own environment, is to exemplify in your own lives man’s humanity to man and man’s reverence for the place in which he lives.
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