Building on the mistakes of the past and the energy generated by reconciliation to create a new future.
ALAN PATONSorrow is better than fear. Fear is a journey, a terrible journey. But, sorrow is at least an arriving.
More Alan Paton Quotes
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Such lightening and thunder will come there has never been seen before, bringing death and destruction.
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Pain and suffering, they are a secret. Kindness and love, they are a secret.
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Forgive us all, for we all have trespasses.
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These hills are grass-covered and rolling, and they are lovely beyond any singing of it.
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It was not his habit to dwell on what could have been, but what could never be.
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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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All roads lead to Johannesburg.
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But perhaps when you were too obedient, and did not do openly what others did, and were quiet in church and hard-working at school.
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Now God be thanked that the name of a hill is such music, that the name of a river can heal.
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Nothing is ever quiet, except for fools.
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When a deep injury is done us, we never recover until we forgive.
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The only way in which one can make endurable man’s inhumanity to man.
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Then some unknown rebellion brewed in you, doing harm to you, though how I do not understand.
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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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To give up the task of reforming society is to give up one’s responsibility as a free man.
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