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The ground is holy, being even as it came from the Creator.

Alan Paton

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
All roads lead to Johannesburg.
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All Road Country Lead Pople
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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Endeavor Life Nothing Result She Success Taught
Such development has only one true name, and that is exploitation.
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As Development Exploit Name Such True
It was not his habit to dwell on what could have been, but what could never be.
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Been Could Dwell Habit never
Money is for buying the fruits of the earth, of the land where you were born.
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Born Buy Earth Fruit Land Money
Pain and suffering, they are a secret. Kindness and love, they are a secret.
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Kindness Love Pain Secret Suffer
The Afrikaner has nowhere to go, and thats why he would rather destroy himself than capitulate.
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Capitulate Country Destroy Go Himself Nowhere Rather
And money is not something to go mad about …
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Mad Money Something
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
St. Francis of Assisi taught me that there is a wound in the Creation and that the greatest use we could make of our lives was to ask to be made a healer of it.
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Country Creation Great Healer Make Taught Use Wound
Wise men write many books, in words too hard to understand. But this, the purpose of our lives, the end of all our struggle, is beyond all human wisdom.
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Book Hard Human Many Struggle Understand Wisdom Write
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 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.
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Believe Come Knew Lord Our Suffer
The tragedy is that things are not mended again.
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Again Mend Thing Tragedy
When a deep injury is done us, we never recover until we forgive.
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Dep Done Forgive Injury Recover Until

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