Nor give too much of his heart to a mountain or a valley. For fear will rob him if he gives too much.
ALAN PATONFor fear will rob him of all if he gives too much.
More Alan Paton Quotes
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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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Nothing is ever quiet, except for fools.
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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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It was not his habit to dwell on what could have been, but what could never be.
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She taught me to seek sustenance from the endeavor itself, but to leave the result to God.
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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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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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And money is not something to go mad about …
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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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Life has not taught me to expect nothing, but she has taught me not to expect success to be the inevitable result of my endeavors.
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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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Who knows for what we live, and struggle, and die?…
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What broke in a man when he could bring himself to kill another?
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Let him not be too moved when the birds of his land are singing.
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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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