Fear is a journey,a terrible journey, but sorrow is at least an arrival.
ALAN PATONHappy the eyes that can close
More Alan Paton Quotes
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Ask yourself not if this or that is expedient, but if it is right.
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Let him not love the earth too deeply. Let him not laugh too gladly when the water runs through his fingers, nor stand too silent when the setting sun makes red the veld with fire.
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Nosecond Johannesburg isneededuponthe earth.One is enough.
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The 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.
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There is a lovely road that runs from Ixopo into the hills.
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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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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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Sorrow is better than fear. Fear is a journey, a terrible journey. But, sorrow is at least an arriving.
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One thing is about to be finished, but here is something that is only begun. And while I live it will continue
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But when the house is destroyed, there is something to do. About a storm he can do nothing, but he can rebuild a house.
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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.
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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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The sun pours down on the earth, on the lovely land that man cannot enjoy. He knows only the fear of his heart.
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In the deserted harbour there is yet water that laps against the quays. In the dark and silent forest, there is a leaf that falls.
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I envision someday a great, peaceful South Africa in which the world will take pride, a nation in which each of many different groups will be making its own creative contribution.
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