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Sorrow is better than fear. Fear is a journey, a terrible journey. But, sorrow is at least an arriving.

Alan Paton

But I have learned that kindness and love can pay for pain and suffering.
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Kindness Learn Love Pain Pay Suffer
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.
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Believe Come Knew Lord Our Suffer
Ask yourself not if this or that is expedient, but if it is right.
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Ask Expedient Right Yourself
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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Destroy Family Know Life Permissible Us
I have never thought that a Christian would be free of suffering, umfundisi.
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Christian Free Suffer Thought
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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Completely Love Man One Power Thing Wise
To give up the task of reforming society is to give up one’s responsibility as a free man.
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Free Give Man Reform Responsibility Society Task
Happy the eyes that can close
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Close Eye Happy One Liner
These hills are grass-covered and rolling, and they are lovely beyond any singing of it.
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Beyond Covered Grass Love Roll Sing
I am a weak and sinful man, but God put His hands on me, that is all.
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All God Hand His Man Sinful Well
Something deep is touched here, something that is good and deep.
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Deep Good Here Something Touch
Sorrow is better than fear.
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Better Fear Sorrow
Keep it, guard it, care for it, for it keeps men, guards men, cares for men. Destroy it and man is destroyed.
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Care Destroy Guard Jeep Men
I couldn’t face that question. (Ah, But Your Land Is Beautiful)
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Beautiful Face Land Question
What broke when he could bring himself to thrust down the knife into the warm flesh, to bring down the axe on the living head, to cleave down between the seeing eyes, to shoot the gun that would drive death into the beating heart?
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Beat Broke Death Down Flesh Heart Knife Living Thrust
People hurry home past him, to places safe from danger.
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Danger Hime Hurry Past People Place Safe

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