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Alan Paton

There is only one way in which one can endure man’s inhumanity to man and that is to try, in one’s own life, to exemplify man’s humanity to man.
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Endure Inhumanity Life One Only Own Way
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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Can God Heal Hill Music Name Now River Such Thank
She taught me to seek sustenance from the endeavor itself, but to leave the result to God.
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Endeavor God Leave Result Seek Sustenance Taught
Money is for food and clothes and comfort, and a visit to the pictures. Money is to make happy the lives of children.
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Children Clothes Food Happy Love Money Picture
Nothing is ever quiet, except for fools.
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Ever Except Foot Nothing Quiet
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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Anything Destroy House Rebuild Something Strom
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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Day Fera Great Heart Love One Turn
But I have learned that kindness and love can pay for pain and suffering.
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Kindness Learn Love Pain Pay Suffer
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.
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Afraid Anger Defend Let Poor Strong Weak
For it is the dawn that has come, as it has come for a thousand centuries, never failing.
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Century Come Dawn Fall never Thousand
It is not permissible to add to one’s possesions if these things can only be done at the cost of other men.
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Cost Done Men One Other Permissible Possession These Thing
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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Away Compass False Journey Lie Life Ned Play Rest Slip
The ground is holy, being even as it came from the Creator.
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Being Came Creator Ground Holy
For fear will rob him of all if he gives too much.
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Fear Give Much Rob Too
When the storm threatens, a man is afraid for his house.
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Afraid House Man Storm Threaten
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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Hard Obedient Open Other Perhaps Quiet School Too Wear Work

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