One thing is about to be finished, but here is something that is only begun. And while I live it will continue
ALAN PATONThere is a man sleeping in the grass. And over him is gathering the greatest storm of all his days.
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It is not “forgive and forget” as if nothing wrong had ever happened, but “forgive and go forward,
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There is only one thing that has power completely, and that is love.
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Such development has only one true name, and that is exploitation.
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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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When men are ruled by fear, they strive to prevent the very changes that will abate it.
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Cry, the beloved country, these things are not yet at an end.
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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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When a deep injury is done us, we never recover until we forgive.
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But 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.
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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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And whether they do not see him there in the grass, or whether they fear to halt even a moment, but they do not wake him, they let him be.
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I have never thought that a Christian would be free of suffering, umfundisi.
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But I have learned that kindness and love can pay for pain and suffering.
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These hills are grass-covered and rolling, and they are lovely beyond any singing of it.
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The Judge does not make the law. It is people that make the law.
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