Let me not be afraid to defend the weak because of the anger of the strong, nor afraid to defend the poor because of the anger of the rich.
ALAN PATONHappy the eyes that can close
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For fear will rob him of all if he gives too much.
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There is only one thing that has power completely, and that is love.
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Fear is a journey,a terrible journey, but sorrow is at least an arrival.
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Something deep is touched here, something that is good and deep.
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The tragedy is that things are not mended again.
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Therefore if a law is unjust, and if the Judge judges according to the law, that is justice, even if it is not just.
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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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Money is for food and clothes and comfort, and a visit to the pictures.
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Ask yourself not if this or that is expedient, but if it is right.
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I have always found that actively loving saves one from a morbid preoccupation with the shortcomings of society.
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But when the dawn will come, of our emancipation, from the fear of bondage and the bondage of fear, why, that is a secret.
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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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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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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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I have never thought that a Christian would be free of suffering, umfundisi.
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