One thing is about to be finished, but here is something that is only begun. And while I live it will continue
ALAN PATONBut what do they help if one seeks for counsel, for one cries this, and one cries that, and another cries something that is neither this nor that.
More Alan Paton Quotes
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I am a weak and sinful man, but God put His hands on me, that is all.
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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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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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To give up the task of reforming society is to give up one’s responsibility as a free man.
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I have never thought that a Christian would be free of suffering, umfundisi.
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There are voices crying what must be done, a hundred, a thousand voices.
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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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One day in Johannesburg, and already the tribe was being rebuilt, the house and soul being restored.
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For fear will rob him of all if he gives too much.
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Such development has only one true name, and that is exploitation.
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Cry for the broken tribe, for the law and the custom that is gone. Aye, and cry aloud for the man who is dead, for the woman and children bereaved.
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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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Then some unknown rebellion brewed in you, doing harm to you, though how I do not understand.
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What broke in a man when he could bring himself to kill another?
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There is a lovely road that runs from Ixopo into the hills.
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