Cry, the beloved country, these things are not yet at an end.
ALAN PATONSorrow is better than fear. Fear is a journey, a terrible journey. But, sorrow is at least an arriving.
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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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Money is for buying the fruits of the earth, of the land where you were born.
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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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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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But to punish and not to restore, that is the greatest of all offences.
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The tragedy is that things are not mended again.
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If you wrote a novel in South Africa which didn’t concern the central issues, it wouldn’t be worth publishing.
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But I have learned that kindness and love can pay for pain and suffering.
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When a deep injury is done us, we never recover until we forgive.
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There is a lovely road that runs from Ixopo into the hills.
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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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But sorrow is better than fear. For fear impoverishes always, while sorrow may enrich.
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Such development has only one true name, and that is exploitation.
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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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The Afrikaner has nowhere to go, and thats why he would rather destroy himself than capitulate.
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