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.
ALAN PATONMoney is for food and clothes and comfort, and a visit to the pictures.
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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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Something deep is touched here, something that is good and deep.
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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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People hurry home past him, to places safe from danger.
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Money is for buying the fruits of the earth, of the land where you were born.
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When a deep injury is done us, we never recover until we forgive.
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There is a lovely road that runs from Ixopo into the hills.
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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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Forgive us all, for we all have trespasses.
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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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I am a weak and sinful man, but God put His hands on me, that is all.
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Money is for food and clothes and comfort, and a visit to the pictures.
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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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Cry, the beloved country, for the unborn child that is the inheritor of our fear. Let him not love the earth too deeply… For fear will rob him of all if he gives too much.
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